Castle Academy
Conisbrough, DN12 3DW · Doncaster local authority
Conisbrough’s School Grade B better than 62% of towns in England
What stands out about Castle Academy
- Its own letter, A−: Key Stage 2 results better than 75% of England’s primary schools
- 71% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9 points above England’s schools
- Room to spare: 143 pupils for 210 places
- 41% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, July 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (18 of 18)
- Homes in its postcode sector (DN12 3) sold for a median £140,000; Conisbrough’s is £150,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 71%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 74% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Doncaster avg 61%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 106, maths 103 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 12 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Castle Academy?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Astrea Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Doncaster council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Conisbrough and Doncaster, side by side
2023–2025All 88 graded primaries in Doncaster. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Conisbrough’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arksey Primary School | A+ | 18% | 86% |
| Crookesbroom Primary Academy | A+ | 34% | 85% |
| Southfield Primary | A+ | 12% | 85% |
| Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School | A+ | 16% | 83% |
| Tickhill Estfeld Primary School | A | 6% | 79% |
| Auckley Primary Academy | A | 9% | 77% |
| St Oswald's CofE Academy | A | 7% | 77% |
| Edlington Victoria Academy | A | 53% | 77% |
| Montagu Academy | A | 43% | 77% |
| Bentley High Street Primary School | A− | 39% | 75% |
| Willow Primary School | A− | 11% | 74% |
| Hill Top Academy | A− | 30% | 73% |
| Branton St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary School | A− | 9% | 71% |
| Carr Lodge Academy | A− | 17% | 71% |
| Bessacarr Primary | A− | 5% | 71% |
| Castle Academy | A− | 41% | 71% |
| Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy | A− | 20% | 71% |
| Warmsworth Primary School | B+ | 17% | 70% |
| Rossington St Michael's CofE Primary School | B+ | 17% | 70% |
| Bawtry Mayflower Primary School | B+ | 19% | 69% |
| Tickhill St Mary's Church of England Primary and Nursery School | B+ | 12% | 69% |
| Copley Junior School | B+ | 9% | 68% |
| Pheasant Bank Academy | B+ | 45% | 68% |
| Kirk Sandall Junior School | B+ | 21% | 68% |
| Marshland Primary Academy | B+ | 38% | 68% |
| Intake Primary Academy | B | 36% | 67% |
| Canon Popham CofE Primary Academy | B | 9% | 67% |
| West Road Primary Academy | B | 39% | 67% |
| Sheep Dip Lane Academy | B | 52% | 67% |
| Barnby Dun Primary Academy | B | 14% | 66% |
| Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy | B | 23% | 66% |
| Adwick Primary School | B | 24% | 66% |
| Highfields Primary Academy | B | 67% | 65% |
| St Joseph's School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy | B | 15% | 65% |
| Waverley Academy | B | 43% | 65% |
| Morley Place Academy | B− | 50% | 64% |
| Highwoods Academy | B− | 51% | 64% |
| Windhill Primary School | B− | 41% | 63% |
| Dunsville Primary School | B− | 25% | 63% |
| Richmond Hill Primary Academy | B− | 10% | 63% |
| Kingfisher Primary Academy | B− | 34% | 63% |
| Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Voluntary Academy | B− | 20% | 62% |
| Hooton Pagnell All Saints Church of England Primary School | B− | 6% | 62% |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery School | B− | 29% | 62% |
| Scawsby Junior Academy | B− | 18% | 62% |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | B− | 31% | 61% |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | B− | 16% | 61% |
| Hayfield Lane Primary School | C+ | 14% | 60% |
| Tranmoor Primary | C+ | 24% | 60% |
| Barnburgh Primary Academy | C+ | 12% | 60% |
| Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School | C+ | 21% | 59% |
| Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary School | C+ | 29% | 59% |
| Norton Junior School | C+ | 19% | 59% |
| Woodfield Primary School | C+ | 36% | 58% |
| Travis St Lawrence Church of England Primary School | C+ | 14% | 58% |
| Edenthorpe Hall Primary Academy | C | 27% | 57% |
| Sandringham Primary School | C | 31% | 57% |
| Plover Primary School | C | 39% | 57% |
| Town Field Primary School | C | 28% | 57% |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School | C | 34% | 56% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Edlington | C | 26% | 56% |
| Long Toft Primary School | C | 53% | 56% |
| Brooke Primary Academy | C | 31% | 56% |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School | C | 13% | 55% |
| Thorne King Edward Primary School | C | 32% | 54% |
| Kirkby Avenue Primary School | C | 32% | 54% |
| Rosedale Primary School | C | 30% | 54% |
| Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands | C | 50% | 54% |
| Park Primary School | C− | 31% | 52% |
| Hawthorn Primary School | C− | 43% | 52% |
| St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School | C− | 19% | 51% |
| Owston Park Primary Academy | C− | 34% | 51% |
| Hatchell Wood Primary Academy | C− | 26% | 50% |
| Spa Academy Askern | C− | 51% | 49% |
| Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy | C− | 34% | 48% |
| Denaby Main Primary Academy | C− | 64% | 48% |
| Balby Central Primary Academy | D | 38% | 47% |
| New Pastures Primary School | D | 36% | 47% |
| Toll Bar Primary School | D | 70% | 45% |
| Wadworth Primary School | D | 15% | 44% |
| St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | D | 35% | 44% |
| Bentley New Village Primary School | D | 49% | 43% |
| Stainforth Kirton Lane Primary School | D | 46% | 42% |
| Lakeside Primary Academy | D | 30% | 40% |
| Green Top | D | 22% | 39% |
| Carcroft Primary School | D− | 56% | 30% |
| Hexthorpe Primary School | D− | 58% | 28% |
| Atlas Academy | D− | 47% | 28% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025153 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Castle Academy’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, July 2024.
Living near Castle Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in DN12 3, the school’s postcode sector
Conisbrough property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in DN12 3 sell for a little under Conisbrough’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
9 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Conisbrough, DN12 3DW
Castle Academy: common questions
Is Castle Academy a good school?
By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 75% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A−), with 71% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, July 2024.
How hard is it to get into Castle Academy?
For September 2026, 18 families put Castle Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 21 places were offered in all.
What is Castle Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (July 2024).
How much do houses cost near Castle Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, DN12 3, sold for a median £140,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (210 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Conisbrough’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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