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Schools in the Doncaster local authority

Doncaster has 145 schools listed on OfferDay across 4 towns.

98 primary schools · 20 secondary schools · 2 sixth forms and colleges · 21 special and alternative provision schools · 2 independent schools · 2 other establishments

About schools in Doncaster

Doncaster lists 145 schools, most of them primary schools. Its 20 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at two sixth forms and colleges.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
63%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 92 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
45.3
average Attainment 8 score, across the 22 schools with published results

Top schools in Doncaster

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Southfield Primary 93%
  2. 2 Crookesbroom Primary Academy 84%
  3. 3 Intake Primary Academy 81%
  4. 4 Hooton Pagnell All Saints Church of England Primary School 80%
  5. 5 Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School 79%
  6. 6 Willow Primary School 79%
  7. 7 Auckley Primary Academy 79%
  8. 8 Adwick Primary School 79%

Secondary

  1. 1 The Hayfield School 52.6
  2. 2 The Laurel Academy 50.2
  3. 3 Ridgewood School 49.5
  4. 4 Hungerhill School 49.2
  5. 5 De Warenne Academy 48.9
  6. 6 Doncaster UTC 48.6
  7. 7 Don Valley Academy 48.0
  8. 8 Hall Cross Academy 47.8

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Doncaster.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Doncaster

How many schools does Doncaster have?
OfferDay lists 145 schools in Doncaster, including 98 primary schools and 21 special and alternative provision schools.
Who inspects schools in Doncaster?
Every school in Doncaster is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Doncaster ranked?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Doncaster does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Doncaster local authority?
OfferDay groups the Doncaster schools across four towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.