Denaby Main Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Doncaster·DN12 4HZ
Composite score
55.8
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#5,248
National rank
#517
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#25
In Doncaster
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
14 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
24
any preference, for 14 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.9520241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Denaby Main Primary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
159
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
60.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,018
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Denaby Main Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Doncaster, Denaby Main Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 159 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 31.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Denaby Main Primary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 14 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 60% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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