Montagu Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
B74
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Mexborough, S64 9PH
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Highwoods Academy
Highwoods Road, Mexborough, S64 9ES
Local ranking10th of 98 primary schools in Doncaster
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
262
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 28 April 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 67.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 111.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 110.0
- Cohort Size
- 21
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 201
- Boys
- 97 (49%)
- Girls
- 101 (51%)
- Capacity
- 262 (76% full)
- SEND
- 12.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 50.8%
- EAL
- 13.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.0%
- SEN Support
- 11.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 33.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,545/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.1%
- White Other: 6.2%
- Black African: 3.1%
- Other: 2.0%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Asian Chinese: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
84.1%
White British
6.2%
White Other
3.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Highwoods Road
Mexborough, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 144539
- UKPRN
- 10064011
- Establishment No.
- 2186
- Trust
- EMPOWERING MINDS ACADEMY TRUST
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