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Adwick Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Windmill Balk Lane, Doncaster DN6 7SH · adwickprimaryschool.org.uk · 01302 722762
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Doncaster 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 370
- 81% of 459 places
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.1%
- First language not English
- 10.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Venn Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 47 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 47 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 43 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Doncaster it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106670)
Ofsted
Adwick Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Nov 2019
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106670)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2015
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106670), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106670)
Jan 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106670)