Heatherwood School

State-Funded School

heatherwood-school-doncaster-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

DoncasterLocal Authority

Doncaster CentralConstituency

DN2 6HQPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Heatherwood School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 99 pupils. Heatherwood School is part of Nexus Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

88%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

19%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 99
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Nexus Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 19 June 2024. 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
26 Jan 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.