Sycamore Hall Preparatory School
Sycamore Hall Preparatory School is an independent school in Doncaster for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 16 pupils and room for 45.
1 Hall Flat Lane, Balby, Doncaster, DN4 8PT01302 856800Miss J Spencer headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 16 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 33 | 29 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 6% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Medical PRU | Pupil referral unit | 520 m | 24 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Woodfield Primary School | Academy | 550 m | 402 | No overall grade 2025 | 44 | Compare |
| The Mallard Academy | Academy | 830 m | 356 | No overall grade 2024 | 0 | Compare |
| Waverley Academy | Academy | 940 m | 201 | Good 2022 | 55 | Compare |
| Hexthorpe Primary School | Academy | 970 m | 439 | Good 2023 | 4 | Compare |
| Balby Central Primary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 448 | Good 2024 | 30 | Compare |
| Astrea Academy Woodfields | Academy | 0.7 miles | 662 | Good 2024 | 28 | Compare |
| Journey Education Group | Independent | 0.7 miles | 15 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Sycamore Hall Preparatory School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Sycamore Hall Preparatory School yet.
How many pupils does Sycamore Hall Preparatory School have?
16 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 45 places, so it is 36% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 1 Hall Flat Lane, Balby, Doncaster, DN4 8PT
- Telephone
- 01302 856800
- Headteacher
- Miss J Spencer
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Ward
- Balby South
- Constituency
- Doncaster Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 17 July 1980
- URN
- 106816 · LAESTAB 3716010 · UKPRN 10078247
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.
- 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.