# Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Voluntary Academy

Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Doncaster, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 217 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E144469. [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 217
- Council: Doncaster
- URN: 144469

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, February 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 7 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 12 February 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 71% of pupils at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Doncaster and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Doncaster | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Armthorpe Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/armthorpe-academy-e138314): 300 m. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/armthorpe-shaw-wood-academy-e138705): 450 m. Primary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Southfield Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/southfield-primary-e144410): 900 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Tranmoor Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tranmoor-primary-e144411): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), January 2024. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Outwood Academy Danum](https://openindex.co.uk/school/outwood-academy-danum-e143938): 1.4 km. Secondary. Good (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 45.0 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Edenthorpe Hall Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/edenthorpe-hall-primary-academy-e142933): 1.5 km. Primary. Standards maintained, June 2025. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/144469)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144469)

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