Bentley High Street Primary School
High Street, Bentley, Doncaster, DN5 0AA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EXCEED LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Miss Rebecca Austwick
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Exceed Learning Partnership
- Constituency
- Doncaster North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 525
- Pupils on roll
- 439
- URN
- 144076
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01302874536
About this school
Bentley High Street Primary School is a primary academy in Doncaster. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 439 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 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 57 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 77% | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 10% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 93% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 88% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 88% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.40 | - | - |
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 High Street 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 | 70% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 57.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 60.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 453 |
| 2023/24 | 456 |
| 2024/25 | 441 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bentley High Street Primary School compares
Bentley High Street Primary School ranked 10th of 87 primary schools in Doncaster for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78% | 4.6% | 42.1% | 439 | — |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School | 60% | 4.8% | 31.5% | 136 | 0.4 miles |
| Kirkby Avenue Primary School | 61% | 5.3% | 30.8% | 347 | 0.5 miles |
| Bentley New Village Primary School | 56% | 4.9% | 53.4% | 250 | 0.7 miles |
| Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy | 74% | 4.7% | 19.8% | 276 | 0.8 miles |
| Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School | 63% | 5.3% | 25.2% | 302 | 0.8 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)
- 42.06%
- English as an additional language
- 16.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.61%
- Persistent absence
- 9.09%
Location
Nearby schools
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Doncaster
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Kirkby Avenue Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Doncaster
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Bentley New Village Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Doncaster
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Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Doncaster
-
Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Doncaster
Other schools in Doncaster
Bentley High Street Primary School ranks 11th 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 Bentley High Street Primary School teach?
- Bentley High Street Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Doncaster.
- Who is the headteacher of Bentley High Street Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bentley High Street Primary School is Miss Rebecca Austwick, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bentley High Street Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bentley High Street 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 big is Bentley High Street Primary School?
- Bentley High Street Primary School has 439 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Bentley High Street Primary School full?
- Bentley High Street Primary School has capacity for 525 pupils and 439 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 Bentley High Street Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bentley High Street Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bentley High Street Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bentley High Street Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Bentley High Street Primary School?
- Bentley High Street Primary School is part of EXCEED LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bentley High Street Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 78% 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 High Street Primary School rank locally?
- Bentley High Street Primary School ranked 10th of 87 primary schools in Doncaster for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% 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 High Street Primary School's absence rate?
- Bentley High Street Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bentley High Street Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bentley High Street 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 10 July 2026.