Adwick Primary School
Stafford Road, Woodlands, Doncaster, DN6 7LW
This school is closed (it closed in April 2024).
It was replaced by Adwick Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sharon Hutchinson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Doncaster North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban minor conurbation
- Capacity
- 459
- Pupils on roll
- 402
- URN
- 106670
- Local authority
- Doncaster
About this school
Adwick Primary School was a community primary school in Doncaster. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 402 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Adwick Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Adwick Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Doncaster average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 57.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 419 |
| 2023/24 | 402 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Adwick Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.2% | 28.5% | 402 | — |
| St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | 55% | 5.6% | 34.3% | 153 | 0.1 miles |
| Adwick Primary School | 79% | 5.7% | 27.9% | 370 | 0.3 miles |
| Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands | 66% | 8.1% | 48.7% | 394 | 0.5 miles |
| Highfields Primary Academy | 67% | 5.5% | 75.8% | 101 | 0.6 miles |
| Toll Bar Primary School | 62% | 6.6% | 63.5% | 186 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.5%
- English as an additional language
- 8.5%
- Overall absence
- 7.2%
- Persistent absence
- 22.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Adwick Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands0.5 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Highfields Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Toll Bar Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Doncaster
Other schools in Doncaster
- Adwick Primary School Primary
- Arksey Primary School Primary
- Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy Primary
- Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy Primary
- Askern Moss Road Infant Academy Primary
- Atlas Academy Primary
- Auckley Primary Academy Primary
- Balby Central Primary Academy Primary
- Barnburgh Primary Academy Primary
- Barnby Dun Primary Academy Primary
- Bawtry Mayflower Primary School Primary
- Beckingham Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Adwick Primary School teach?
- Adwick Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Doncaster.
- Has Adwick Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Adwick Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Adwick Primary School?
- Adwick Primary School had 402 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Adwick Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Adwick Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Adwick Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2024.