Highwoods Academy is a primary school located in Mexborough. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 17/03/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in writing are well above average, progress in maths is above average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Highwoods Road, Mexborough, S64 9ES
Website: www.highwoods.doncaster.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01709583273
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Doncaster
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Graham Rhodes
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 144539

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/03/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 262
Number of Pupils: 203
Number of Boys: 103
Number of Girls: 100

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 16.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: 3.7 Confidence interval 1.4 to 6
Writing
Well Above Average: 3.6 Confidence interval 1.4 to 5.7
Maths
Above Average: 2.8 Confidence interval 0.8 to 4.9

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:71%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:7%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:105
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Highwoods Academy
Highwoods Road , S64 9ES 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Montagu Academy
Park Road , S64 9PH 		2out of 4 926 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary School
Sedgefield Way , S64 0BE 		3out of 4 1,440 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Swinton Queen Primary School
Queen Street , Swinton S64 8NE 		3out of 4 1,460 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Brookfield Primary Academy
Lime Grove , S64 8TQ 		1out of 4 2,151 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Laurel Academy
Maple Road , S64 9SD 		1out of 4 571 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Swinton Academy
East Avenue , Swinton S64 8JW 		3out of 4 2,472 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities
Wath Wood Road , Wath-upon-Dearne S63 7PQ 		3out of 4 2,813 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Wath Academy
Sandygate , Wath-on-Dearne S63 7NW 		1out of 4 2,886 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Milton School
Storey Street , Swinton S64 8QG 		4out of 4 1,648 yd Academy special converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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