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Auckley Primary Academy

Primary · Doncaster · DN9 3JN

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 7 June 2023

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At a glance

246 pupils · 117% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
8.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.auckley.doncaster.sch.uk
URN
137335

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 1.17 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.636 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 7 June 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.17 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2.636 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.636 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

33 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
79%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school79%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
Doncaster average64.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Garswood Primary and Nursery SchoolWigan · 68 miles awayStrong standard70%
Greenside Primary SchoolPudsey · 33 miles awayGood62%
Seaburn Dene Primary SchoolSunderland · 100 miles awayGood80%
St Leonard's CofE Primary SchoolBridgnorth · 88 miles awayExpected standard63%
Hook Norton Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 105 miles awayGood71%
Scotby CofE Primary SchoolCarlisle · 122 miles awayExpected standard78%
Somerdale Educate Together Primary AcademyKeynsham · 157 miles awayExpected standard67%
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Stoke GoldingNuneaton · 66 miles awayGood82%
Tendring Primary SchoolClacton-on-Sea · 143 miles awayGood (2019)62%
Glenthorne Community Primary SchoolWalsall · 72 miles awayGood66%
Wolston St Margaret's CofE Primary SchoolCoventry · 79 miles awayGood67%
Maple Tree Primary SchoolSandy · 99 miles awayGood71%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 88% (Doncaster 73%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Doncaster 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Doncaster 1%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Doncaster 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Doncaster 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Doncaster 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Doncaster 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Doncaster 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Doncaster 8%, England 7%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.40 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Doncaster: 3.51 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
29.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,031; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,198
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 8% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £259,000; in-year balance +£96,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier90.6%62.3%
Social housing0.5%17.1%
Privately rented8.9%20.5%
Detached houses54.1%22.9%
Flats0.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007600 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£245,00054 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£168,000–£389,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (32)£342,500
Semi-detached (16)£171,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (4.24 km, 2026 entry): 1,148 sales, median £228,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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