Which school has the best GCSE results in Doncaster?

On 2026 Attainment 8, The Hayfield School tops the table in Doncaster with 53.3, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Doncaster schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Doncaster show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Doncaster GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

20 state secondary schools in Doncaster ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average.

Town 20 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Doncaster ranked on Attainment 8

20 of 20 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Doncaster ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1 , up 1 place since 2025	The Hayfield School Doncaster · Academy converter	53.3	23%	62%	79%	–	201
2 , up 2 places since 2025	Hungerhill School Doncaster · Academy converter	52.9	22%	60%	79%	–	211
3 , up 7 places since 2025	Ash Hill Academy Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	52.2	14%	70%	84%	–	134
4 , up 5 places since 2025	Rossington All Saints Academy Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	49.8	25%	65%	78%	–	153
5 , up 7 places since 2025	Sir Thomas Wharton Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	49.2	14%	61%	78%	–	180
6	Doncaster UTC Doncaster · University technical college	49.1	12%	45%	68%	–	177
7	Don Valley Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	48.7	17%	59%	73%	–	197
8 , down 7 places since 2025	South Axholme Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	47.9	12%	51%	71%	–	184
9 , down 6 places since 2025	Ridgewood School Doncaster · Academy converter	47.8	17%	51%	72%	–	232
10 , down 2 places since 2025	Hall Cross Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	47.6	14%	49%	65%	–	302
11 , down 6 places since 2025	De Warenne Academy Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	46.8	12%	53%	67%	–	139
12 , up 1 place since 2025	Outwood Academy Danum Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	45.0	14%	53%	70%	–	201
13 , down 2 places since 2025	Outwood Academy Adwick Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	43.6	7%	45%	64%	–	186
14 , up 4 places since 2025	Armthorpe Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	42.6	7%	39%	64%	–	130
15 , down 1 place since 2025	The McAuley Catholic High School Doncaster · Academy converter	41.9	4%	36%	56%	–	234
16 , down 1 place since 2025	Trinity Academy Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	41.1	5%	36%	64%	–	184
17	XP School Doncaster · Free schools	40.4	8%	44%	52%	–	48
18 , up 2 places since 2025	Astrea Academy Woodfields Doncaster · Academy sponsor led	39.2	5%	37%	51%	–	110
19 , down 3 places since 2025	Campsmount Academy Doncaster · Academy converter	38.9	7%	34%	51%	–	131
20 , down 1 place since 2025	XP East Doncaster · Free schools	38.8	2%	27%	56%	–	45

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Doncaster on our composite score

Doncaster GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Doncaster ranked on Attainment 8

More about schools in Doncaster

Doncaster GCSE results: common questions