Ofsted: Requires improvement trending_up Places Available emoji_events #70 in Doncaster public Top 65% UK

St Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Lindsey Ebsworth

corporate_fareST CLARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

location_onDoncaster, DN12 4AQ

language Visit Website phone 1709862298

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2025

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Students

229

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Expected Standard

58%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery School is a Academy converter primary school in Doncaster, serving ages 0-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards. Ranks in the top 65% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery School is an academy converter in Doncaster, admitting pupils aged 0-11. It is part of ST CLARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 228 pupils on roll, of whom 42% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #70 of 87 primaries in Doncaster and #10,165 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Outstanding, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.1:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 6.4 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

58%

LA 61%

Reading58% LA 72%

Writing58% LA 70%

Maths63% LA 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

73%

LA 57%England 61%

Reading77% LA 68% · Eng 74%

Writing73% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths73% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

54%

LA 54%England 60%

Reading82% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Writing61% LA 67% · Eng 71%

Maths57% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.9

Read

LA -0.9

-3.2 to 1.5

-4.0

Write

LA -0.4

-6.2 to -1.7

-2.4

Maths

LA -0.5

-4.6 to -0.1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

17 June 2025

Inspection Report

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08 September 2022

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-06-17

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Outstanding

Leadership

Good

2022-01-19

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2018-04-11

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

5.7%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

1.8%(4 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 228 pupils. During this period, there were 13 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 5.7%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	228	13	5.7%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	214	15	7.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	235	7	3.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	227	3	1.3%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	223	5	2.2%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	229	5	2.2%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	229	5	2.2%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	222	3	1.4%	0.6%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 36 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 17 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 6 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 3 pupils

Physical Disability 2 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils