Don Valley Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C64
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Doncaster, DN5 9DD
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Ridgewood School
Barnsley Road, Scawsby, Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Local ranking9th of 20 secondary schools in Doncaster
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1512
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 24.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 224
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 56.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 17.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
110
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 266
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1453
- Boys
- 674 (46%)
- Girls
- 779 (54%)
- Capacity
- 1512 (96% full)
- SEND
- 11.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.4%
- EAL
- 4.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 10.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 86.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,003/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.2%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Asian Chinese: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
91.2%
White British
2.5%
White Other
1.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Barnsley Road
Doncaster, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 137603
- UKPRN
- 10035482
- Establishment No.
- 4033
- Trust
- LEGER EDUCATION TRUST
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