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Heatherwood School

Special schoolAges 3–19AcademySixth form

Doncaster, DN2 6HQ · Doncaster local authority

Doncaster’s School Grade C better than 27% of towns in England

How full
99 pupils
157% of its 63 places
Free school meals
48%
48 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Heatherwood School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 99 pupils for 63 places
  • 48% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DN2 6) sold for a median £150,000; Doncaster’s is £175,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

94 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.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
18.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
46.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Heatherwood School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, June 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Heatherwood School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in DN2 6, the school’s postcode sector

Doncaster property prices →
£150,000
median sale, 158 sales in 36 months · Doncaster £175,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025DN2 6Doncaster
DN2 6Doncaster

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£297K
Semi-detached
£150K
Terraced
£138K
DN2 6Doncaster

Homes in DN2 6 sell for a little under Doncaster’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

15 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−A−CBB−BA+C+B−BCCC−CCHeatherwood School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Doncaster, DN2 6HQ

Heatherwood School: common questions

What is Heatherwood School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (June 2024).

How much do houses cost near Heatherwood School?

Homes in its postcode sector, DN2 6, sold for a median £150,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (158 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; Doncaster’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.