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Best secondary schools in Doncaster

20 of 20 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Doncaster schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 16 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 The Hayfield School Doncaster hidden gem 0.63 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 Hall Cross Academy Doncaster 0.55 Good improving oversubscribed 1.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Don Valley Academy Doncaster hidden gem 0.42 Good improving about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Hungerhill School Doncaster 0.41 Not judged oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 De Warenne Academy Doncaster 0.31 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Ash Hill Academy DONCASTER hidden gem 0.25 Good improving about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 The Laurel Academy Mexborough hidden gem 0.17 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 Rossington All Saints Academy Not Yet Obtained hidden gem 0.08 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Doncaster UTC Doncaster 0.03 Good — approximate
10 The McAuley Catholic High School Doncaster hidden gem -0.06 Good improving undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Sir Thomas Wharton Academy Doncaster -0.07 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 XP School Doncaster -0.12 Good declining oversubscribed 2.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Outwood Academy Danum Doncaster hidden gem -0.17 Good undersubscribed 0.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 Outwood Academy Adwick Doncaster -0.18 Good improving about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Campsmount Academy Doncaster hidden gem -0.22 Good improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Ridgewood School Doncaster -0.26 Good improving about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 XP East Doncaster -0.33 Requires improvement oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Trinity Academy Doncaster hidden gem -0.49 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
19 Astrea Academy Woodfields Doncaster hidden gem -0.68 Good improving undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 Armthorpe Academy Doncaster -0.98 Requires improvement improving undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped

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