Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School

About Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School is a state primary in Doncaster, ranking 55th out of 87 primary schools in the local authority. That places it in the bottom half of Doncaster’s primary league table, below the top three local peers: Crookesbroom Primary Academy, St Oswald's CofE Academy and Arksey Primary School. The school is Roman Catholic, mixed-gender and takes pupils from age 3 to 11, with a nursery on site. Its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, carried out in 2016, rated it Good overall, with Good marks for leadership and management and early years provision. An ungraded inspection in 2021 confirmed the school remains Good. That represents a clear improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2014, when it was judged to require improvement across the board.

At Key Stage 2 in 2023/24, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That sits just below the Doncaster local authority average of 61%. Reading was the strongest subject, with 82% meeting expectations and 6% reaching the higher standard. Maths saw 71% at expected and 12% at the higher level, while writing matched maths at 71% expected but only 6% at the higher standard. No pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. Average scaled scores were 104 in both reading and maths. Nationally, the school ranks 8,196th out of 13,686 primaries, and within Yorkshire and the Humber it sits at 867th out of 1,506. The school’s ranking metric is based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in all three subjects, and it falls into the bottom 50% tier nationally.

The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 30 applications for 20 places and 22 first-preference applications for those 20 spots, giving a ratio of 1.5 applicants per place. Facilities include a chapel, forest school, sensory room, library, ICT suite, art studios and a gymnasium. Sports on offer include football, netball, gymnastics, tennis, athletics, cricket and dance, while clubs range from choir and eco club to coding, chess, gardening and film club. The school supports pupils with moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, and speech, language and communication needs. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Bentley High Street Primary School, 0.6 km away. This school will suit Catholic families in Doncaster who value a faith-based setting with a nursery, a broad range of clubs and a clear improvement trajectory from its previous Requires Improvement rating.

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