Bentley New Village Primary School
Asquith Road, Bentley, Doncaster, DN5 0NU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Victoria Simmons
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Doncaster North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 350
- Pupils on roll
- 250
- URN
- 106751
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01302874385
About this school
Bentley New Village Primary School is a community primary school in Doncaster. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 250 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bentley New Village Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 35 | 39 | 43 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 31% | 38% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 0% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 40% | 46% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 54% | 54% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 74% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 99.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.80 | - | - |
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 Bentley New Village 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 | 31% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 57.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 60.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 292 |
| 2023/24 | 279 |
| 2024/25 | 275 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bentley New Village Primary School compares
Bentley New Village Primary School ranked 65th of 87 primary schools in Doncaster for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 4.9% | 53.4% | 250 | — |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School | 60% | 4.8% | 31.5% | 136 | 0.3 miles |
| Arksey Primary School | — | 3.1% | 13.9% | 76 | 0.6 miles |
| Bentley High Street Primary School | 78% | 4.6% | 42.1% | 439 | 0.7 miles |
| Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy | 74% | 4.7% | 19.8% | 276 | 0.9 miles |
| Toll Bar Primary School | 62% | 6.6% | 63.5% | 186 | 1.1 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.44%
- English as an additional language
- 25.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.85%
- Persistent absence
- 14.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Arksey Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Bentley High Street Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Toll Bar Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Doncaster
Other schools in Doncaster
Bentley New Village Primary School ranks 72nd 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 ages does Bentley New Village Primary School teach?
- Bentley New Village Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Doncaster.
- Who is the headteacher of Bentley New Village Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bentley New Village Primary School is Mrs Victoria Simmons, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bentley New Village Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bentley New Village Primary 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 many pupils are at Bentley New Village Primary School?
- Bentley New Village Primary School has 250 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Bentley New Village Primary School full?
- Bentley New Village Primary School has capacity for 350 pupils and 250 on roll (71%), 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 Bentley New Village Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bentley New Village Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bentley New Village Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bentley New Village Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Bentley New Village Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 31% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bentley New Village Primary School compare with other schools in Doncaster?
- Bentley New Village Primary School ranked 65th of 87 primary schools in Doncaster for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bentley New Village Primary School's absence rate?
- Bentley New Village Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bentley New Village Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bentley New Village 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 29 June 2026.