Richmond Hill Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Melton Road, Sprotbrough, Doncaster, DN5 7SB – View on map
- Phone: 01302782421
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Kelly Cousins
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 42 families put it first for 44 places – 10 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 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 39
- % eligible for free school meals: 9.9%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Doncaster average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 4.1% a year (Doncaster 14.1%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 23 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 4 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 74% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points above the Doncaster average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 63% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 83% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 74%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- Based on: 58 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 23rd of 87 junior and primary schools in the area
- =23Castle Academy74%
- =23Copley Junior School74%
- =23Richmond Hill Primary Academy74%
- =23Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy74%
- =27Barnby Dun Primary Academy73%
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40th of 55 primary schools in Doncaster for Ofsted rating
- #38Owston Park Primary AcademyGood
- #39Park Primary SchoolGood
- #40Richmond Hill Primary AcademyGood
- #41Rosedale Primary SchoolGood
- #42Sandringham Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,015 (2024-25)
63rd of 82 primary schools in Doncaster for spending per pupil
- #61Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School£6,039
- #62Tranmoor Primary£6,025
- #63Richmond Hill Primary Academy£6,015
- #64St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Edlington£5,989
- #65Warmsworth Primary School£5,924
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