Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy

State-Funded School

armthorpe-shaw-wood-academy-doncaster-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

DoncasterLocal Authority

Doncaster CentralConstituency

DN3 2DGPostcode

5.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 462 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 68%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

462

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 462
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 12 March 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
17 May 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.