School admissions in Doncaster

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

91 schools. 19 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Canon Popham CofE Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.57	30
St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.52	21
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.30	30
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.25	28
Hatfield Woodhouse Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.23	30
St Joseph's School, a Catholic Voluntary AcademyDoncaster	1.23	30
Warmsworth Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.20	60
Auckley Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.17	29
Barnburgh Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.10	30
Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary SchoolMexborough	1.10	30
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.10	30
Carr Lodge AcademyDoncaster	1.07	57
Bawtry Mayflower Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.06	31
Tickhill St Mary's Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolDoncaster	1.06	34
Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.05	40
Thorne King Edward Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.04	45
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.04	49
Southfield PrimaryDoncaster	1.03	30
Willow Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.02	60
Arksey Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.00	13
Askern Littlemoor Infant AcademyDoncaster	1.00	39
Atlas AcademyDoncaster	1.00	39
Barnby Dun Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.00	24
Bentley High Street Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.00	57
Denaby Main Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.00	14
Hayfield Lane Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.00	51
Hexthorpe Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.00	46
Highfields Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.00	6
Hill Top AcademyDoncaster	1.00	44
Hooton Pagnell All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.00	8
Intake Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.00	16
Kingfisher Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.00	42
Kirkby Avenue Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.00	35
Marshland Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.00	23
New Pastures Primary SchoolMexborough	1.00	30
Owston Park Primary AcademyDoncaster	1.00	54
Rosedale Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.00	12
St Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolDoncaster	1.00	27
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, EdlingtonDoncaster	1.00	12
St Oswald's CofE AcademyDoncaster	1.00	28
Toll Bar Primary SchoolDoncaster	1.00	18
Scawsby Saltersgate Infant SchoolDoncaster	0.99	68
Norton Infant SchoolDoncaster	0.98	58
Armthorpe Shaw Wood AcademyDoncaster	0.98	55
Green TopDoncaster	0.98	55
Town Field Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.98	54
Grange Lane Infant AcademyDoncaster	0.98	51
Rowena AcademyDoncaster	0.98	50
Park Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.98	41
Plover Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.97	38
Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary AcademyDoncaster	0.97	34
Lakeside Primary AcademyDoncaster	0.97	32
Tranmoor PrimaryDoncaster	0.97	32
Sheep Dip Lane AcademyDoncaster	0.97	31
Montagu AcademyMexborough	0.97	30
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.97	30
Crookesbroom Primary AcademyDoncaster	0.97	29
Askern Moss Road Infant AcademyDoncaster	0.96	27
Balby Central Primary AcademyDoncaster	0.96	54
Sprotbrough Orchard Infant SchoolDoncaster	0.96	54
Tornedale Infant AcademyDoncaster	0.96	27
Edlington Victoria AcademyDoncaster	0.96	26
West Road Primary AcademyDoncaster	0.96	26
Travis St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.96	50
Windhill Primary SchoolMexborough	0.96	25
Branton St Wilfrid's Church of England Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.96	24
Highwoods AcademyMexborough	0.96	24
Richmond Hill Primary AcademyDoncaster	0.95	44
Hawthorn Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.95	20
Waverley AcademyDoncaster	0.95	19
Woodfield Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.95	37
Brooke Primary AcademyDoncaster	0.94	34
Carcroft Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.94	17
The Mallard AcademyDoncaster	0.94	33
Sandringham Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.93	44
Hatchell Wood Primary AcademyDoncaster	0.93	55
Bessacarr PrimaryDoncaster	0.92	53
Bentley New Village Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.92	12
Outwood Primary Academy WoodlandsDoncaster	0.92	36
Tickhill Estfeld Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.91	22
Rossington St Michael's CofE Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.91	43
Dunsville Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.89	19
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.89	19
Adwick Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.89	47
Stainforth Kirton Lane Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.88	26
Long Toft Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.88	43
Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Voluntary AcademyDoncaster	0.88	25
Wadworth Primary SchoolDoncaster	0.87	15
Castle AcademyDoncaster	0.86	21
Kirk Sandall Infant SchoolDoncaster	0.85	53
Edenthorpe Hall Primary AcademyDoncaster	0.75	24

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

19 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
XP SchoolDoncaster	2.50	50
Hall Cross AcademyDoncaster	1.35	301
Hungerhill SchoolDoncaster	1.26	242
XP EastDoncaster	1.18	49
Ridgewood SchoolDoncaster	1.03	231
Outwood Academy AdwickDoncaster	0.99	174
De Warenne AcademyDoncaster	0.99	148
Campsmount AcademyDoncaster	0.96	154
Sir Thomas Wharton AcademyDoncaster	0.96	257
Rossington All Saints AcademyDoncaster	0.96	134
Trinity AcademyDoncaster	0.95	205
The Hayfield SchoolDoncaster	0.95	236
The Laurel AcademyMexborough	0.94	170
Don Valley AcademyDoncaster	0.91	222
Ash Hill AcademyDONCASTER	0.90	173
The McAuley Catholic High SchoolDoncaster	0.84	199
Armthorpe AcademyDoncaster	0.83	148
Astrea Academy WoodfieldsDoncaster	0.68	134
Outwood Academy DanumDoncaster	0.59	199