Highfields Primary Academy, Doncaster

Ofsted's report card from its 22 September 2026 inspection grades Highfields Primary Academy on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "By the end of key stage 2, pupils perform well in national tests."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders continually promote the importance of attending school daily and on time."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have carefully designed an ambitious curriculum across subjects."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children get off to a great start."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders are committed to quickly identifying and understanding pupils' needs and the support they require to achieve their full potential and feel fully included in school."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders understand the context of the school extremely well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders know their school community extremely well."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue their work towards increasing pupils' attainment at greater depth across subjects"; "Leaders and those responsible for governance should ensure continued improvement to their curriculum implementation to achieve and sustain exceptional standards of teaching which has a transformational impact on the achievement of all pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities".

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at Highfields Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 93% 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 (85% in reading, 85% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 6 families put Highfields Primary Academy as their first choice, for 6 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Highfields Primary Academy are Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands (0.6 miles, Good, 72% reading, 77% maths); St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 80% reading, 60% maths); Adwick Primary School (0.8 miles, 79% reading, 88% maths); and Rosedale Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 81% reading, 81% maths).

Highfields Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Highfields Primary Academy is one of 64 schools run by Delta Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

57.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

Highfields Primary Academy had 6 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Adwick Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Market Street/South Street (adjacent), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Highfields Primary Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Highfields Primary Academy issued 3 suspensions, 2.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Highfields Primary Academy are Outwood Academy Adwick (0.8 miles), Don Valley Academy (0.9 miles) and Ridgewood School (1.2 miles).