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The Mallard Academy

PrimaryAges 3–11Academy

Doncaster, DN4 9HU · Doncaster local authority

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

Getting in
31/31
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
356 pupils
85% of its 420 places
Free school meals
41%
41 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Mallard Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 41% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, October 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (31 of 31)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DN4 9) sold for a median £170,000; Doncaster’s is £175,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at The Mallard Academy?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

31
families put it first for September 2026
33
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
2026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

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. Exceed Learning Partnership sets the admissions rules. Apply through Doncaster council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Doncaster, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.25 per place
77% got their first choice
1.10 per place
88% got their first choice
1.07 per place
93% got their first choice
1.02 per place
97% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
The Mallard
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

360 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
16.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
17.5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
44.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for The Mallard Academy

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

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.

Graded inspection (no overall grade since September 2024), October 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Mallard Academy

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

Home prices in DN4 9, the school’s postcode sector

Doncaster property prices →
£170,000
median sale, 344 sales in 36 months · Doncaster £175,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025DN4 9Doncaster
DN4 9Doncaster

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£210K
Semi-detached
£169K
Terraced
£118K
DN4 9Doncaster

Homes in DN4 9 sell for about the same as 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

12 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+B+C−A−B−D−C+DABC−The Mallard Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Doncaster, DN4 9HU

The Mallard Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into The Mallard Academy?

For September 2026, 31 families put The Mallard Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 33 places were offered in all.

What is The Mallard Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (October 2024).

How much do houses cost near The Mallard Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, DN4 9, sold for a median £170,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (344 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.

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