Living in Mexborough with children
Mexborough, Doncaster and Rotherham. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 15,560 people in 7,036 households; 27.9% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
12 schools: 10 state primary, 2 state secondaryMexborough on the schools map →Every school in Mexborough, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (10)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montagu Academy | Good | Top 13% (11/87) in Doncaster | — |
| Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School | Some aspects not as strong | Top 16% (13/85) in Rotherham | — |
| Brookfield Primary Academy | Good | Top 28% (23/85) in Rotherham | — |
| Windhill Primary School | Good | Top 35% (30/87) in Doncaster | — |
| Kilnhurst Primary School | Good | Top 37% (31/85) in Rotherham | — |
| Highwoods Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 49% (42/87) in Doncaster | — |
| Swinton Queen Primary School | Good | (50/85) in Rotherham | — |
| Kilnhurst St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy | School remains Good | (59/85) in Rotherham | — |
| New Pastures Primary School | Good | (79/87) in Doncaster | — |
| Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary School | Standards maintained | (86/87) in Doncaster | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Laurel Academy | Good | Top 40% (8/20) in Doncaster | — |
| Swinton Academy | Good | (11/16) in Rotherham | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (37 detached, 51 semi-detached, 49 terraced, 5 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Mexborough. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Mexborough →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 97% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 100%, on average across the 634 postcodes in S64. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 2 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 3 in Doncaster · 2 in Rotherham.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 14 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Doncaster
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Doncaster · Rotherham.
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