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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Exceptional | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| 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
- 17 March 2026Report card · 1 Exceptional, 4 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
- 21 September 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 entry350 applications · 257 places offered · 246 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2025 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2024 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2023 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.2
- 2022 1.2; 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 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2017 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2016 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Doncaster median
Dashed bars: as Sir Thomas Wharton Community College (URN 139301), Sir Thomas Wharton Community College (URN 106787), the previous school.
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 | 257 | 350 | 1.4 | 246 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 254 | 319 | 1.3 | 217 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2024 | 230 | 318 | 1.4 | 232 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2023 | 229 | 282 | 1.2 | 202 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 207 | 256 | 1.2 | 179 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2021 | 200 | 215 | 1.1 | 158 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2020 | 204 | 228 | 1.1 | 160 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2019 | 197 | 227 | 1.2 | 160 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 166 | 208 | 1.3 | 145 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2017 | 174 | 222 | 1.3 | 160 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 135 | 175 | 1.3 | 130 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 * | 159 | 196 | 1.2 | 156 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 162 | 209 | 1.3 | 156 | 0.96 |
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.) | 180 | 49.2 | 61% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 163 | 43.3 | 33% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 | 188 | 46.9 | 49% | 74% | −0.07 |
| 2022/23 | 161 | 49.7 | 54% | 67% | +0.07 |
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
- Sir Thomas Wharton AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 49.2Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Doncaster20261.3applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · DoncasterGood20241.1applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · Rotherham20261.3applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · DoncasterGood20238.5applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · DoncasterGood202249.1Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · DoncasterRequires improvement20246.1applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · DoncasterRemains Good20232.8applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · DoncasterGood20221.7applications per place 47.8Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144364 · 371/4008
- Capacity
- 1,266 pupils · 1,226 on roll
- Free school meals
- 32.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- Sir Thomas Wharton Community College (URN 139301); Sir Thomas Wharton Community College (URN 106787)
- Address
- Tait Avenue, Edlington, Doncaster, DN12 1HH
- Local authority
- Doncaster
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources