North Ridge Community School
Tenter Balk Lane, Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster, DN6 7EF
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- NEXUS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Interim Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Jade Soler-Alcaraz
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Nexus Multi Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Doncaster North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 162
- Pupils on roll
- 181
- URN
- 147829
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01302720790
About this school
North Ridge Community School is a special academy in Doncaster. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 181 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 14 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -5.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How North Ridge Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Doncaster average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 57.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 137 |
| 2023/24 | 149 |
| 2024/25 | 161 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.53%
- English as an additional language
- 6.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.79%
- Persistent absence
- 25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Ridge Employability College0.7 miles
Other types · Doncaster
-
Stone Hill School2.1 miles
Special schools · Doncaster
-
The Levett School3.5 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Doncaster
-
Waterside School3.6 miles
Special schools · Doncaster
-
Hospital Teaching Service4.4 miles
Other types · Doncaster
Other schools in Doncaster
- Bader Academy Free Schools
- Coppice School Academies
- Doncaster School for Deaf Children Special schools
- Harrison College Other types
- Heatherwood School Academies
- Hesley Holdings Limited Other types
- Journey Education Group Special schools
- Maple Medical PRU Local authority maintained schools
- Mercury College Other types
- More Than Ed Independent School Special schools
- Pennine View School Academies
- St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Free Schools
Common questions
- What year groups does North Ridge Community School teach?
- North Ridge Community School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Doncaster.
- Who is the interim executive headteacher of North Ridge Community School?
- The interim executive headteacher of North Ridge Community School is Mrs Jade Soler-Alcaraz, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was North Ridge Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected North Ridge Community School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is North Ridge Community School?
- North Ridge Community School has 181 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is North Ridge Community School full?
- North Ridge Community School has capacity for 162 pupils and 181 on roll (112%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is North Ridge Community School a faith school?
- No. North Ridge Community School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs North Ridge Community School?
- North Ridge Community School is part of NEXUS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does North Ridge Community School have?
- The schools register lists North Ridge Community School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have North Ridge Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is North Ridge Community School's absence rate?
- North Ridge Community School's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are North Ridge Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, North Ridge Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.