Armthorpe Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Doncaster · DN3 2DA · Doncaster
Ages 11–16
- Att837.5
- P8-1.0
- Absence10.4%
1.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 143938
Outwood Academy Danum
Academy sponsor led · Doncaster · DN2 5QD
Ages 11–18 · 1,083 pupils · Doncaster
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
39.3
Overall absence
12.1%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-05-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.17
−20+2
Attainment 839.3
English & maths grade 5+33%
English & maths grade 4+54%
EBacc entry29%
EBacc APS: 3.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence12.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)35.9%
Unauthorised8.0%
- Authorised absence
- 4.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 8.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,167
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill56%
1,083 pupils · 1,926 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,083
- Boys / girls
- 512 / 571
- School capacity
- 1,926
- Capacity fill
- 1,083 / 1,926 (56%)
- Free school meals
- 40.4%
- FSM pupils
- 394
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Crane
Location
- Address
- Armthorpe Road
- Postcode
- DN2 5QD
- Town
- Doncaster
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- District
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster Central
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 10 on roll / 15 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Doncaster, Doncaster, 1,083 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy. Free school meals: 40.4%. SEN provision includes: HI - Hearing Impairment.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Hungerhill School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Doncaster · DN3 2JY · Doncaster
Ages 11–16
- Att851.1
- P80.4
- Absence7.9%
1.3 miles away
Hall Cross Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Doncaster · DN1 2HY · Doncaster
Ages 11–18
- Att849.9
- P80.6
- Absence7.5%
1.9 miles away
The McAuley Catholic High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Doncaster · DN3 3QF · Doncaster
Ages 11–18
- Att845.6
- P8-0.1
- Absence9.4%
2.0 miles away
XP East
Ofsted: Requires improvementFree schools · Secondary
Doncaster · DN4 5NG · Doncaster
Ages 11–19
- Att844.4
- P8-0.3
- Absence8.9%
2.0 miles away
XP School
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Secondary
Doncaster · DN4 5NG · Doncaster
Ages 11–19
- Att844.9
- P8-0.1
- Absence7.4%
2.1 miles away
Doncaster UTC
Ofsted: GoodUniversity technical college · Secondary
Doncaster · DN1 3BF · Doncaster
Ages 13–19
- Att848.1
- P80.0
- Absence5.1%
2.3 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Crane
- Telephone
- 01302831385