Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Doncaster
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Exceptional | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 3 March 2026Report card · 1 Exceptional, 5 Strong standard
- 12 October 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry190 applications · 148 places offered · 146 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2025 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2024 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2023 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.2
- 2022 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2021 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.2
- 2020 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.2
- 2019 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2018 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2017 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2016 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2015 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2014 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.5
- This school
- Doncaster median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 148 | 190 | 1.3 | 146 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 146 | 171 | 1.2 | 139 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 145 | 184 | 1.3 | 158 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2023 | 143 | 159 | 1.1 | 135 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 164 | 184 | 1.1 | 161 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 143 | 154 | 1.1 | 135 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 140 | 148 | 1.1 | 132 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 150 | 175 | 1.2 | 156 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 | 121 | 135 | 1.1 | 121 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 135 | 143 | 1.1 | 128 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 147 | 159 | 1.1 | 148 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2015 | 145 | 170 | 1.2 | 147 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2014 | 138 | 160 | 1.2 | 138 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 139 | 46.8 | 53% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 136 | 48.9 | 54% | 74% | – |
| 2023/24 | 142 | 46.2 | 47% | 66% | +0.31 |
| 2022/23 | 138 | 46.9 | 38% | 62% | +0.58 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- De Warenne AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.3applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Doncaster20261.4applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · DoncasterGood20231.2applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · RotherhamRequires significant improvement 20261.3applications per place 34.6Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · RotherhamGood20231.8applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · BarnsleyGood20231.1applications per place 39.3Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · RotherhamRequires improvement20242.4applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · DoncasterGood20241.1applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · Rotherham20261.3applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135942 · 371/6906
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 762 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Replaced
- Northcliffe School (URN 106783)
- Address
- Gardens Lane, Conisbrough, Doncaster, DN12 3JY
- Local authority
- Doncaster
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources