Voluntary aided school · Primary
Doncaster · DN4 0JN · Doncaster
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 143962
Balby Central Primary Academy
Academy converter · Doncaster · DN4 0LL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
448
Local authority
Doncaster
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Doncaster, Doncaster, 448 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 38.2%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 143962
Location
- Address
- Littlemoor Lane, Balby
- Postcode
- DN4 0LL
- Town
- Doncaster
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- District
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster Central
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 448
- Boys / girls
- 242 / 206
- School capacity
- 480
- Capacity fill
- 448 / 480 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 38.2%
- FSM pupils
- 156
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE ROSE LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE ROSE LEARNING TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Cooke
- Telephone
- 01302321914
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-01-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 37%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0