Copley Junior School
Cadeby Road, Sprotbrough, Doncaster, DN5 7SD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Phyll Havercroft
- Constituency
- Doncaster North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 232
- Pupils on roll
- 194
- URN
- 106722
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01302856445
About this school
Copley Junior School is a community primary school in Doncaster. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 194 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 55 | 51 | 39 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 61% | 74% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 8% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 76% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 84% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 86% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
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 Copley Junior 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 | 71% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 57.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 74% | 60.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 206 |
| 2023/24 | 200 |
| 2024/25 | 189 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Copley Junior School compares
Copley Junior School ranked 26th of 87 primary schools in Doncaster for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 74% | 3.4% | 8.5% | 194 | — |
| Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School | — | 3.5% | 4% | 208 | 0.1 miles |
| Warmsworth Primary School | 76% | 4.7% | 16.4% | 461 | 0.9 miles |
| Waverley Academy | 64% | 4.3% | 48.2% | 201 | 1.2 miles |
| Richmond Hill Primary Academy | 74% | 4.2% | 11.5% | 414 | 1.3 miles |
| The Mallard Academy | — | 6.1% | 44.3% | 356 | 1.5 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 8.47%
- English as an additional language
- 2.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.37%
- Persistent absence
- 4.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Warmsworth Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Waverley Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Richmond Hill Primary Academy1.3 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
The Mallard Academy1.5 miles
Primary · Doncaster
Other schools in Doncaster
Copley Junior School ranks 28th of the 96 ranked primary 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 year groups does Copley Junior School teach?
- Copley Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Doncaster.
- Who is the headteacher of Copley Junior School?
- The headteacher of Copley Junior School is Miss Phyll Havercroft, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Copley Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Copley Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Copley Junior School?
- Copley Junior School has 194 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Copley Junior School full?
- Copley Junior School has capacity for 232 pupils and 194 on roll (84%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Copley Junior School a faith school?
- No. Copley Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Copley Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Copley Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Copley Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 74% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Copley Junior School rank locally?
- Copley Junior School ranked 26th of 87 primary schools in Doncaster for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 76% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Copley Junior School's absence rate?
- Copley Junior School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Copley Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Copley Junior 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 15 July 2026.