Ridgewood School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Doncaster · DN5 7UB · Doncaster
Ages 11–19
- Att845.6
- P8-0.3
- EM5+47%
- Absence7.6%
0.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextURN 137472
Don Valley Academy
Academy converter · Doncaster · DN5 9DD
Ages 11–16 · 1,093 pupils · Doncaster
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Attainment 8
48.5
Overall absence
8.8%
Admissions demand
1.02 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Inspection date
2024-09-18
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.42
−20+2
Attainment 848.5
English & maths grade 5+52%
English & maths grade 4+74%
EBacc entry51%
EBacc APS: 4.3
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.2%
Unauthorised4.7%
- Authorised absence
- 4.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,138
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.02 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
233
Places offered
228
1st-preference offers
225
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 296
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 228
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill73%
1,093 pupils · 1,499 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,093
- Boys / girls
- 549 / 544
- School capacity
- 1,499
- Capacity fill
- 1,093 / 1,499 (73%)
- Free school meals
- 40.6%
- FSM pupils
- 444
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Delta Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Robert Burton
Location
- Address
- Jossey Lane, Scawthorpe
- Postcode
- DN5 9DD
- Town
- Doncaster
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- District
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster North
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Doncaster, Doncaster, 1,093 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 40.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Outwood Academy Adwick
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Doncaster · DN6 7SF · Doncaster
Ages 11–18
- Att838.5
- P8-0.2
- EM5+32%
- Absence12.0%
1.6 miles away
Doncaster UTC
Ofsted: GoodUniversity technical college · Secondary
Doncaster · DN1 3BF · Doncaster
Ages 13–19
- Att848.1
- P80.0
- EM5+37%
- Absence5.1%
2.5 miles away
Hall Cross Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Doncaster · DN1 2HY · Doncaster
Ages 11–18
- Att849.9
- P80.6
- EM5+51%
- Absence7.5%
2.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Robert Burton
- Telephone
- 01302651035