Secondary school

XP School

  • Free School
  • ages 11–19
  • Mixed
  • Doncaster
  • DN4 5NG
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jun 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,605 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 80%

Top % in England, by year
2018/19: top 23%23%2021/22: top 79%2022/23: top 74%2023/24: top 54%2024/25: top 80%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 839.8 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.33/10 Below
Grade 5+ English and maths28% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%2/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber+6.3 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.53 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.934/10 Below−5 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.12 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.075/10 Middle−23.2 pts since 18/19
A level points per entryNot enough data · Yorkshire and The Humber 34.1Suppressed in 2024/25 (too few pupils to publish)
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Attainment 8
2018/19: 52.1 · 50 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 42.6 · 49 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 41.2 · 49 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 44.9 · 48 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 39.8 · 50 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.352.139.8No exams

No exams 2019/20–21

Grade 5+ English and maths
2018/19: 34% · 50 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 27% · 49 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 43% · 49 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 33.3% · 48 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 28% · 50 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%43%27%No exams

No exams 2019/20–21

A level points per entry
2021/22: withheld2022/23: withheld2024/25: withheld

Not published 2023/24Withheld 2021/22, 2022/23, 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in31.2%
39 of 125 who put it first2015 · 77.0%2026 · 31.2%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st12539
2nd18510
3rd1171

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2017–2023

  1. 2017Outstanding
  2. 2023Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026246
Free school meals (past 6 years)29.3%
First language not English12.0%
SEN support28.5%
EHC plan4.8%
Absence (sessions missed)7.8%
Persistently absent pupils21.6%

Girls 44.2%Boys 55.8%

98.4% full · 250 places · 2 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher12.7
Pupils per adult9.5
  • Classroom teachers 17.3
  • Leadership 2.1
  • Teaching assistants 6.4
  • Other support 4.4

Teachers 19.4 FTE · Whole workforce 30.2 · 37 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,562
Spend per pupil£5,936
Staff spend per pupil£4,542
Reserve per pupil£972
  • +£244,000revenue reserve
  • +£910,000in-year balance

Grants £9,363 · self-generated £199 · premises £0 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: XP SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED (8 academies) · trust reserve £1,214,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

48 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained95.8%
  • Education87.5%
  • Apprenticeship4.2%
  • Employment4.2%
  • Not sustained2.1%
  • Unknown2.1%