Morley Place Academy, Doncaster

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades Morley Place Academy on 6 areas: 3 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "A significant proportion of pupils who attend the school face additional barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have implemented many rapid and effective improvements over recent years that mean that pupils at Morley Place are increasingly well prepared for their next steps."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school's personal development offer is very well considered."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Leaders are rightly proud of improvements in the achievement of pupils over the last 2 years."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Over recent years, leaders have focused carefully on improvements to the curriculum."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently use their training to make effective choices in lessons when adapting pupils' learning, ensuring that these adaptations carefully match pupils' identified starting points".

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils at Morley Place Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 77% in Doncaster and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 72% in reading and 74% in maths in 2024.

Across Doncaster, 97% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Doncaster lodged 123 appeals against primary school offers; 56 reached a hearing and 16 succeeded (28.6% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Morley Place Academy are Rowena Academy (0.2 miles, Outstanding); Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 66% reading, 64% maths); Castle Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 78% reading, 74% maths); and St Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery School (0.6 miles, 58% reading, 63% maths).

Morley Place Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Morley Place 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.

25 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Morley Place Academy (as of April 2026): 80% would recommend the school, 88% say their child is happy there and 0% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (0%).

50.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 0.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Conisbrough Rail Station, about 900 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Old Road/Welfare Avenue (adjacent), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Morley Place 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, Morley Place Academy issued 19 suspensions, 6.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.