Brooke Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Wike Gate Road, Thorne, Doncaster, DN8 5PQ – View on map
- Phone: 01405812200
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Vikki Eggleton
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 32 families put it first for 34 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 101
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.3%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Doncaster average)
- English as an additional language: 12% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.7% a year (Doncaster 14.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 55% moved to another school, 45% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Doncaster: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
- Suspensions for bullying: 9 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Doncaster, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for Social, emotional and mental health 10 places · 10 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 21 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 69% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Doncaster average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 56% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 77% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 81%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 104
- Based on: 48 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 35th of 87 junior and primary schools in the area
- =32Tickhill Estfeld Primary School71%
- =35Barnburgh Primary Academy69%
- =35Brooke Primary Academy69%
- =35Hayfield Lane Primary School69%
- =35St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School69%
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11th of 55 primary schools in Doncaster for Ofsted rating
- #9Bessacarr PrimaryGood
- #10Branton St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #11Brooke Primary AcademyGood
- #12Canon Popham CofE Primary AcademyGood
- #13Carcroft Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,551 (2024-25)
38th of 82 primary schools in Doncaster for spending per pupil
- #36Wadworth Primary School£6,585
- #37New Pastures Primary School£6,565
- #38Brooke Primary Academy£6,551
- #39Highwoods Academy£6,545
- #40Hill Top Academy£6,538
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