Tickhill St Mary's Church of England Primary and Nursery School

About Tickhill St Mary's Church of England Primary and Nursery School

Tickhill St Mary's Church of England Primary and Nursery School has been rated Good by Ofsted, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement. In its most recent graded inspection in 2016, inspectors awarded Good across the board, including for leadership and management, and the school has maintained that standard through an ungraded inspection in 2021. The most telling academic metric comes from the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, where 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits just above the Doncaster local authority average of 61%, placing the school 39th out of 87 primary schools in the area. While not among the top performers, it is a solid, above-average result for a relatively small school of 219 pupils, with a capacity of 210.

Digging into the individual subject scores, the school performs particularly well in reading, where 82% of pupils met the expected standard and the average scaled score reached 107. Writing matched that 82% expected rate, while maths came in at 79%. At the higher standard, 21% of pupils achieved greater depth in both reading and maths, though writing fell to just 7%. The school has no Progress 8 data available, so it is not possible to measure how much value it adds relative to pupils' starting points, but the raw attainment figures are respectable. In the local authority ranking, Tickhill St Mary's sits in the top half of Doncaster primaries, and nationally it falls around the 47th percentile. The school's Church of England character is reflected in its facilities, which include a chapel, and it is led by headteacher Rebecca Kendrew-Jones.

The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 51 applications for 30 places, with 25 first-preference offers made. That oversubscription ratio of 2.04 suggests strong local demand. Facilities include a sports hall, library, ICT suite, music rooms and an outdoor playground, with sports ranging from cross country to tennis and rounders. Clubs cover chess, art, science and coding. The school supports pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs, and speech, language and communication needs. With nursery provision on site, it suits families looking for a church-affiliated primary that feeds into the local Doncaster secondary system, particularly those who value a broad extracurricular offer alongside solid, if not exceptional, academic outcomes.

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