St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster is a free schools alternative provision in Doncaster for boys and girls aged 5 to 19. It has 8 pupils and room for 125. About 50 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2019.
St Wilfrid's Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster, DN4 6AH01302 562540stwilfridsacademy.org.ukMr Dirk Pittard head of academyAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 4 December 2019, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A later, shorter visit on 18 June 2025 said: “Improved significantly”.
This inspection is more than 6 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2025 | Ungraded | Improved significantly |
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Doncaster council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (7), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 50% | 85% | 60% | – | 40% | 50% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 92% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 8% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 7 pupils who left in 2021/22 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 43% | 38% |
| Education | 29% | 38% |
| Apprenticeship | 14% | 0% |
| Work | 0% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 43% | 25% |
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 schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Primary School | Academy | 740 m | 231 | Good 2024 | 50 | Compare |
| Willow Primary School | Academy | 770 m | 417 | Good 2022 | 85 | Compare |
| Bessacarr Primary | Academy | 880 m | 462 | Good 2023 | 71 | Compare |
| Hatchell Wood Primary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 433 | Good 2022 | 11 | Compare |
| The McAuley Catholic High School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,431 | Good 2023 | 38 | Compare |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 1.4 miles | 204 | Not inspected | 77 | Compare |
| Lakeside Primary Academy | Academy | 1.5 miles | 379 | Good 2024 | 11 | Compare |
| Branton St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 1.6 miles | 192 | Not inspected | 61 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster a good school?
St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in December 2019.
What is St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster good at its last full inspection on 4 December 2019. 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 St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster have?
8 pupils aged 5 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 125 places, so it is 6% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- St Wilfrid's Road, Bessacarr, Doncaster, DN4 6AH
- Telephone
- 01302 562540
- Website
- www.stwilfridsacademy.org.uk
- Head of Academy
- Mr Dirk Pittard
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Delta Academies Trust (64 schools)
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Ward
- Bessacarr
- Constituency
- Doncaster Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2014 (new provision)
- URN
- 141141 · LAESTAB 3711111 · UKPRN 10047252
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- 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.