Highwoods Academy

State-Funded School

highwoods-academy-doncaster-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

DoncasterLocal Authority

Doncaster NorthConstituency

S64 9ESPostcode

5.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 198 pupils. Highwoods Academy is part of Empowering Minds Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 28 Apr 2026 · published 23 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 66%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

198

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 198
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Empowering Minds Academy Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
16 Jan 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
26 Apr 2017	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.