Secondary school

The Laurel Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Unknown
  • Doncaster
  • S64 9SD
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Feb 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 923 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 29%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 99%99%2016/17: top 100%2017/18: top 99%2018/19: top 89%2021/22: top 63%2022/23: top 68%2023/24: top 61%2024/25: top 29%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 850.2 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.39/10 Top 20%+40.4 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths59.8% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%9/10 Top 20%+27.6 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.34 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.938/10 Above+34.7 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.17 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.077/10 Above+45.6 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry · 2016/1713.28 · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.871/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 36.2 · 150 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 28.9 · 130 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 31.3 · 111 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 37.7 · 149 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 45.8 · 121 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 42.5 · 109 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 43.5 · 113 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 50.2 · 132 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.350.228.9No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 15% · 130 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 29% · 111 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 29% · 149 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 51% · 121 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 32% · 109 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 46% · 113 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 59.8% · 132 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%59.8%15%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 22.07 · 28 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.532016/17: 13.28 · 33 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 28.8722.0713.28No exams

Not published 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
160 of 160 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st160160
2nd306
3rd120

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Inadequateas predecessor
  3. 2012Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2014Inadequateas predecessor
  5. 2017Inadequateas predecessor
  6. 2018Ungraded visitas predecessor
  7. 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 2026755
Free school meals (past 6 years)47.2%
First language not English7.7%
SEN support12.0%
EHC plan2.5%
Absence (sessions missed)7.3%
Persistently absent pupils21.3%

Girls 51.1%Boys 48.9%

22 in sixth form (2016/17)

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.2
Pupils per adult12.3
  • Classroom teachers 32.3
  • Leadership 5
  • Teaching assistants 14
  • Other support 19.9

Teachers 37.3 FTE · Whole workforce 71.1 · 80 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,587
Spend per pupil£8,978
Staff spend per pupil£5,553
Reserve per pupil£261
  • +£200,000revenue reserve
  • −£1,064,000in-year balance

Grants £11,024 · self-generated £207 · premises £822 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST (57 academies) · trust reserve £30,739,000 · 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

113 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained82.3%
  • Education79.6%
  • Apprenticeship0%
  • Employment2.7%
  • Not sustained15.9%
  • Unknown1.8%