Intake Primary Academy, Doncaster

Ofsted's report card from its 19 May 2026 inspection grades Intake Primary Academy on 7 areas: 5 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders make attendance a clear priority."

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders design the early years provision with care."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders show a deep commitment to inclusion."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders provide clear and ambitious strategic direction."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders demonstrate a real commitment to pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Most pupils make steady progress from their starting points."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders provide clear leadership of the curriculum and teaching."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers check what pupils know and ensure lesson activities are planned to build from pupils' starting points. This will help pupils build strong foundations in early reading, writing and mathematics"; "Leaders should continue their work to raise achievement over time so that a greater proportion of pupils reach higher standards in reading, writing and mathematics, including disadvantaged pupils".

In its own words: "At Intake Academy, we are proud to be a warm, inclusive school where every child is supported to achieve their full potential. As part of the Astrea Academy Trust, we share a commitment to excellence, aspiration, and inclusion. Our school vision centres on making a difference - to ourselves, to each other, and to the world we live in."

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at Intake Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 84% 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 (83% in reading, 88% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 16 families put Intake Primary Academy as their first choice and 39 named it as one of their preferences, for 16 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 Intake Primary Academy are Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, 53% reading, 70% maths); Plover Primary School (0.4 miles, 75% reading, 85% maths); Sandringham Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 68% reading, 58% maths); and Park Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 61% reading, 70% maths).

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

Intake Primary Academy is one of 26 schools run by Astrea Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

34.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 49.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (36%), Asian (23%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 43 pupils (16%) received SEN support and 7 (2.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Doncaster Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sandringham Road/Ennis Crescent (adjacent), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Intake 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 August 2026, police recorded 479 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Doncaster (131), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Intake Primary Academy issued 1 suspension, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Intake Primary Academy are Hospital Teaching Service (0.4 miles), Outwood Academy Danum (0.9 miles), Hall Cross Academy (1 mile) and XP East (1.2 miles).