Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Doncaster
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry238 applications · 174 places offered · 172 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2025 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2024 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2023 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.2
- 2022 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2021 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.2
- 2020 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.2
- 2019 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2018 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2017 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2016 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2015 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 174 | 238 | 1.4 | 172 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 185 | 255 | 1.4 | 180 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 203 | 233 | 1.2 | 189 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 198 | 239 | 1.2 | 207 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 192 | 224 | 1.2 | 186 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 183 | 214 | 1.2 | 179 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 202 | 236 | 1.2 | 188 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 206 | 290 | 1.4 | 240 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 | 189 | 231 | 1.2 | 186 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 198 | 248 | 1.3 | 194 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 174 | 220 | 1.3 | 165 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 170 | 209 | 1.2 | 165 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 146 | 193 | 1.3 | 146 | 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.) | 186 | 43.6 | 45% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 188 | 43.7 | 42% | 64% | – |
| 2023/24 | 201 | 38.5 | 32% | 55% | −0.18 |
| 2022/23 | 181 | 39.7 | 31% | 52% | −0.03 |
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
- Outwood Academy AdwickThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.4applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · DoncasterRemains Good · improving20241.5applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · DoncasterGood20221.7applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · DoncasterGood20231.3applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · DoncasterRemains Good20232.8applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · DoncasterGood202249.1Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · WakefieldRemains Good20231.1applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · DoncasterGood20238.5applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · DoncasterRequires improvement20246.1applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135963 · 371/6907
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,300 pupils · 1,048 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Replaced
- North Doncaster Technology College (URN 106781)
- Address
- Windmill Balk Lane, Woodlands, Doncaster, DN6 7SF
- Local authority
- Doncaster
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources