Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy, Doncaster
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Doncaster. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in December 2010. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in February 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 81st-highest of the 96 schools in Doncaster with published results, and 11,866th of 14,452 across England. It was full in 2025, at 145% of capacity.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2010)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Doncaster (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy in detail
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 8:30am and after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 64% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 77% in Doncaster and 77% and 75% across England.
Results were similar in 2024 (59% in reading, 66% in maths).
Getting a place at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy
For September 2026 entry, 51 families put Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy as their first choice and 77 named it as one of their preferences, for 49 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy are Morley Place Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 89% reading, 87% maths); Rowena Academy (0.6 miles, Outstanding); St Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery School (0.9 miles, 58% reading, 63% maths); and Castle Academy (1 mile, Good, 78% reading, 74% maths).
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.
Morley Place AcademyRowena AcademySt Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolCastle Academy
What parents say
55 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy (as of September 2025): 75% would recommend the school, 82% say their child is happy there and 29% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (82%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (29%).
Who goes there
1.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
Staffing
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy had 23 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Conisbrough Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Old Road/Hill Top Road (opposite), 100 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy issued 41 suspensions, 11.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from December 2010, 15 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's February 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
The school creates a welcoming environment where most pupils feel safe and develop strong relationships with staff. Early years children thrive with a carefully designed curriculum that prepares them well for primary school. The school also provides excellent support for pupils with SEND and offers a rich range of enrichment activities that pupils engage with enthusiastically.
Key Strengths
- Early years children achieve highly and respond well to high expectations
- Strong relationships between pupils and adults, with a welcoming environment
- Good support for pupils with SEND through identified interventions and a resourced provision for emotional and mental health needs
- Enthusiastic and knowledgeable teachers who deliver some excellent lessons (such as in art and design)
- Broad curriculum offering with enriching activities and educational trips
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistent quality of curriculum implementation across subjects, with teachers not always identifying pupil misconceptions accurately
- Weak phonics screening check outcomes and mixed pupil enjoyment of reading despite recent improvements
- Inconsistent behaviour expectations and management, with some pupils disrupting others' learning
- Limited teaching of world faiths and British values in personal development
- Lack of fully embedded systems for leaders to monitor and quality assure school improvement
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and ensure pupil safety.
Extracurricular Activities
Baking clubs, singing, cheerleading, poetry, school productions (The Lion King), educational trips to Conisbrough Castle, stately homes, theatres and coal pits, pupil playground leader programmes
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy requires improvement across most areas, though early years provision is good. The school has experienced recent leadership changes and has made curriculum improvements, but inconsistencies in teaching quality and pupil achievement remain.
At a Glance
31.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
55 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 59% to 66% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 64% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 64% to 68% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
20.2
Avg class size
17.0
Infant (KS1)
20.0
KS2
13
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
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21 Feb 2024
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13 Jan 2024
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Social & online
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy.
- Active Care - Morley Place Academy810m away · Not yet graded
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy is in Doncaster; for families living there:
Apply to Doncaster for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Doncaster is 10 (the median across 143 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
145%
Over capacity
331 pupils
228 places
103 pupils over capacity in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Doncaster
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Doncaster
Across Doncaster council
Places available
4,235
Applications
3,089
Got 1st preference
96.5%
Got preferred school
98.8%
All primary applications across Doncaster council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(5)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
70
SEN Support
14
EHC Plans
23.1%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
363
Total Pupils
193
Boys
170
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
23
Teachers
15.8:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£45,539
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,465
Per pupil
£2111k
Total funding
£173k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.9%
Overall absence
13.9%
Persistent absence
302
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy
Questions parents ask about Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy
What are SATs results like at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy?
Of the pupils at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 66% reached the expected standard in reading and 64% did so in maths.
What is Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy's most recent Ofsted inspection, in February 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in December 2010, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy is oversubscribed, Doncaster allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy?
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy was full in 2025, at 145% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.
How big are the classes at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy?
Classes at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy average 20.2 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy?
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy has around 363 pupils on roll. 32% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy?
5.9% of sessions were missed at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy in 2024/25. 13.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy?
Apply through Doncaster's coordinated admissions process, naming Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy: Active Care - Morley Place Academy (810m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 1 on a bicycle. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Doncaster is 10 (the median across 143 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy?
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy is at Old Road, Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 3LR.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)