Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in North Lincolnshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| 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 entry253 applications · 186 places offered · 182 named it first
- 2026 1.4; North Lincolnshire median median 1.8
- 2025 1.4; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
- 2024 1.4; North Lincolnshire median median 1.4
- 2023 1.3; North Lincolnshire median median 1.6
- 2022 1.4; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
- 2021 1.4; North Lincolnshire median median 1.6
- 2020 1.6; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
- 2019 1.4; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
- 2018 1.3; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
- 2017 1.2; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
- 2016 1.4; North Lincolnshire median median 1.5
- 2015 1.2; North Lincolnshire median median 1.4
- 2014 1.3; North Lincolnshire median median 1.6
- This school
- North Lincolnshire 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 | 186 | 253 | 1.4 | 182 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 174 | 240 | 1.4 | 170 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 184 | 261 | 1.4 | 190 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 | 189 | 240 | 1.3 | 186 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 190 | 267 | 1.4 | 205 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 195 | 273 | 1.4 | 193 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 195 | 302 | 1.6 | 217 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2019 | 199 | 279 | 1.4 | 195 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 177 | 234 | 1.3 | 159 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2017 | 182 | 217 | 1.2 | 178 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 148 | 211 | 1.4 | 145 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 142 | 174 | 1.2 | 138 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 142 | 180 | 1.3 | 140 | 0.99 |
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.) | 184 | 47.9 | 51% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 178 | 53.2 | 61% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 187 | 49.3 | 50% | 77% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 172 | 51.3 | 51% | 75% | +0.42 |
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
- South Axholme AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.4applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · North LincolnshireGood20231.5applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · North LincolnshireGood20241.6applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 12.9 km · North LincolnshireGood20231.8applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 12.9 km · North Lincolnshire20261.9applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 13.0 km · DoncasterGood20241.3applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 13.0 km · LincolnshireGood20231.4applications per place 62.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 13.0 km · North LincolnshireGood20232.0applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 13.4 km · DoncasterStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 52.2Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137742 · 813/4083
- Trust
- Isle Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,165 pupils · 910 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2011
- Replaced
- South Axholme Community School (URN 118094)
- Address
- Burnham Road, Epworth, Doncaster, DN9 1BY
- Local authority
- North Lincolnshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources