Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy
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Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy is a converter academy in Doncaster for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 166 pupils, 54 more than it has places for. About 30 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools. We give it 81 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 94% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.
Alfred Road, Askern, Doncaster, DN6 0PZ01302 701353askernlittlemoor.comMrs Danielle Goldthorpe headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 12 July 2022, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
This inspection is more than 4 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
46 places were empty (26% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.
In 2025 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2025. Every child who applied got a place (31 offers for 60 places). 31 families put it down as their first choice and 31 of them got in (100%).
| Entry | Places | Put it first | Applied at all | Got a place | First choices who got in | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Primary | 60 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 100% | – all offered | LA |
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (17), Specific learning difficulty (7), emotional and mental health (4).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 166 | 169 | 187 | 176 | 178 | 165 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 25% | 25% | 25% | 24% | 28% | 28% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 13% | 15% | 14% | 8% | 5% | 5% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 14% | 14% | 17% | 15% | 18% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 5.1% | 5.2% | 7.9% | 8.5% | 5.8% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 5.5% | 3.1% | 2.8% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 2.3% | 2.4% | 4.3% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.8% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 8.9% | 14.7% | 25.0% | 28.9% | 22.8% | 16.5% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for Littlemoor Children's Centre and School, the school this one replaced in February 2019. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spa Academy Askern | Academy | 340 m | 253 | Report card 2026 | 6 | Compare |
| Askern Moss Road Infant Academy | Academy | 0.9 miles | 117 | Good 2023 | 18 | Compare |
| Norton Junior School | Academy | 1.4 miles | 236 | Good 2023 | 42 | Compare |
| Norton Infant School | Academy | 1.4 miles | 220 | Good 2023 | 25 | Compare |
| Owston Park Primary Academy | Academy | 1.7 miles | 445 | Good 2023 | 24 | Compare |
| Carcroft Primary School | Academy | 1.9 miles | 225 | Good 2024 | 24 | Compare |
| Kirk Smeaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Church of England | 3.1 miles | 105 | Good 2023 | 67 | Compare |
| Toll Bar Primary School | Council | 3.1 miles | 186 | No overall grade 2025 | 14 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy with the 48 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 48 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
No school with a similar mix of pupils within 25 km scores clearly higher.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 81 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 81% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 57 to 92. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Ofsted inspection | 17% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old) | in line | +0.02 | Ofsted grade, 4.2 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 0% | no data | – | |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | well above | +0.35 | results and attendance rising year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | in line | +0.05 | 2024/25; 90 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy a good school?
Yes, going by the figures. Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy scores 81 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 94% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 57 to 92, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.
What is Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy good at its last full inspection on 12 July 2022. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.
How many pupils does Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy have?
166 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 112 places, so it is 148% full.
Is Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy oversubscribed?
Probably not. 46 places were empty in 2024/25 (26% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy?
Pupils were in school 94.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 9% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Askern Littlemoor Infant Academy?
The average class had 33.2 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 20% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Alfred Road, Askern, Doncaster, DN6 0PZ
- Telephone
- 01302 701353
- Website
- www.askernlittlemoor.com
- Headteacher
- Mrs Danielle Goldthorpe
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Leger Education Trust (8 schools)
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Ward
- Norton & Askern
- Constituency
- Doncaster North
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 February 2019 (academy converter)
- URN
- 146706 · LAESTAB 3712160 · UKPRN 10082356
- Formerly
- Littlemoor Children's Centre and School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Doncaster council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2025.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.