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Schools in Doncaster

136 schools in the Doncaster local authority.

Schools

136

Open schools

Pupils

49,424

2025–26 census

Good or better

96%

105 of 109 graded

Academic Performance

4.7

out of 10 · 127 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
4 4%
Good
101 93%
Requires improvement
3 3%
Inadequate
1 <1%
15 inspected since 2024, no overall grade11 superseded by a report card12 not judged1 safeguarding not effective
4.7
Academic Performance

Averaged over 127 of 136 schools that can be scored

Pupils

49,424

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Ethnicity

White
83%
Asian
5%
Black
5%
Mixed
4%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
2%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 128 of 136 schools (48,340 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
29.7%

14,370 of 48,340 pupils · 128 of 136 schools

First language not English
15.5%

7,509 of 48,340 pupils · 128 of 136 schools

Young carers
<1%

108 of 48,340 pupils · 128 of 136 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
98
Secondary
20
All-through
1
Special
10
PRU
3
Not recorded
4

Top primary schools in Doncaster

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Doncaster

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 136 schools in Doncaster — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Doncaster

How many schools are there in Doncaster?
Doncaster has 136 open schools — 98 primary, 20 secondary, 10 special, teaching 49,424 pupils in total.
How many schools in Doncaster are rated Good or Outstanding?
105 of the 109 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 96% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 4 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 136: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Doncaster?
4.7 out of 10, averaged across the 127 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Doncaster schools have no Ofsted rating?
27 schools in Doncaster currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Doncaster local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Doncaster covers 136 schools and sits in the Yorkshire and The Humber region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Doncaster are eligible for free school meals?
29.7% — 14,370 of 48,340 pupils at the 128 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the Yorkshire and The Humber region.