Graded inspection · Feb 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 |
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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 entry202 applications · 170 places offered · 160 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2025 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2024 1.0; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2023 1.0; Doncaster median median 1.2
- 2022 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2021 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.2
- 2020 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.2
- 2019 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2018 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2017 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Doncaster median
Dashed bars: as Mexborough Academy (URN 141354), Mexborough School (URN 106788), 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 | 170 | 202 | 1.2 | 160 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 120 | 147 | 1.2 | 112 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 168 | 160 | 1.0 | 133 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2023 | 119 | 122 | 1.0 | 104 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 134 | 143 | 1.1 | 126 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 123 | 143 | 1.2 | 118 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 133 | 139 | 1.1 | 124 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 120 | 132 | 1.1 | 108 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 * | 93 | 114 | 1.2 | 93 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 107 | 135 | 1.3 | 104 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 104 | 135 | 1.3 | 101 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 125 | 171 | 1.4 | 116 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 127 | 180 | 1.4 | 117 | 0.92 |
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.) | 140 | 47.8 | 54% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 132 | 50.2 | 60% | 83% | – |
| 2023/24 | 113 | 43.5 | 46% | 67% | +0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 109 | 42.5 | 32% | 59% | +0.05 |
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
- The Laurel AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.2applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · RotherhamGood20231.8applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · BarnsleyGood20231.1applications per place 39.3Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · RotherhamRequires improvement20242.4applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · RotherhamGood20232.3applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Doncaster20261.3applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · Rotherham20261.1applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · RotherhamRequires significant improvement 20261.3applications per place 34.6Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · BarnsleyGood20241.3applications per place 41.0Attainment 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
- 146639 · 371/4012
- Free school meals
- 47.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2018
- Replaced
- Mexborough Academy (URN 141354); Mexborough School (URN 106788)
- Address
- Maple Road, Mexborough, S64 9SD
- Local authority
- Doncaster
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources