Wadworth Primary School
General Information
- Address: Meadow Rise, Wadworth, Doncaster, DN11 9AP – View on map
- Phone: 01302851451
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Emma Cave
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 13 families put it first for 15 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 8 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 22
- % eligible for free school meals: 15.2%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Doncaster average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 5% a year (Doncaster 14.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 5.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points below the Doncaster average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 44% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 44%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 68% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 104
- Based on: 22 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 59th of 87 junior and primary schools in the area
- =59Edenthorpe Hall Primary Academy59%
- =59St Peter's Catholic Primary School59%
- =59Wadworth Primary School59%
- =62St Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery School58%
- =62Town Field Primary School58%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,585 (2024-25)
36th of 82 primary schools in Doncaster for spending per pupil
- #34Balby Central Primary Academy£6,678
- #35Hexthorpe Primary School£6,661
- #36Wadworth Primary School£6,585
- #37New Pastures Primary School£6,565
- #38Brooke Primary Academy£6,551
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