Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School, Doncaster
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school has strong leadership with ambitious improvement plans already showing results in reading and writing. Behaviour and attendance are outstanding, with pupils displaying excellent attitudes to learning. The school effectively supports disadvantaged pupils through targeted use of pupil premium funding, ensuring they make good progress alongside their peers.
Key Strengths
- New leadership team has high ambitions and robust improvement plans with strong teaching improvements underway
- Pupils now making good progress in reading and writing, with Early Years children well prepared for Year 1
- Excellent behaviour and safety - pupils are kept very safe, behave exceptionally well, and attendance is high
- Effective use of pupil premium funding to support disadvantaged pupils
- Procedures for checking pupil progress are firmly established, enabling targeted support
Areas for Improvement
- Pupils' progress in mathematics is not yet good - inconsistent across year groups with limited practical problem-solving opportunities
- Teaching quality remains inconsistent between classes - more-able pupils not always sufficiently challenged
- Teachers do not consistently use pupil attainment data to plan well-differentiated lessons
- Quality of questioning and wait time for pupil responses needs improvement
- Pupils not consistently following guidance from teacher marking quickly enough
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - pupils are kept very safe, well-informed about bullying and internet safety, with exceptionally rare incidents of exclusion or bullying.
Extracurricular Activities
Residential trip to the Peak District, internet research activities
Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School requires improvement after previously being outstanding. Since the last inspection, pupils' attainment has fallen and progress has not been consistently good across the school.
At a Glance
20.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 68% to 75%. Maths has improved from 70% to 78%. Writing has improved from 73% to 78%.
Class Sizes
31.8
Avg class size
26.7
Infant (KS1)
32.0
KS2
10
Total classes
7 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
91%
Near capacity
302 pupils
332 capacity
30 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Doncaster
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Admissions Demand - Doncaster
Places available
4,207
Applications
3,084
Got 1st preference
97.1%
Got preferred school
98.8%
Primary admissions across Doncaster (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.31521%
Overall absence
10.97046%
Persistent absence
237
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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