Primary
Highwoods Academy
Highwoods Road, Mexborough, S64 9ES
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 198 of 262 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.6
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- EMPOWERING MINDS ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 16.2
- Pupils per adult
- 12.5
- Pupils
- 203
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SATs results
67%
4 points above the Mexborough average (63% across 10 schools)
111.0
6.3 above the Mexborough average (104.7 across 10 schools)
7th of 10 by our score, among the primary schools in Mexborough we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 111 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 67% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 62% |
| 23/24 | 66% |
| 24/25 | 67% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 111.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
Highwoods Road, Mexborough, S64 9ES
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Doncaster admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head Teacher
- Paul Rust
- Address
- Highwoods Road, Mexborough, S64 9ES
- Telephone
- 01709583273