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XP East

Secondary · Doncaster · DN4 5NG

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 June 2024

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At a glance

273 pupils · 61% of 450 capacity

School type
Free schools
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
29.9% of pupils
English as additional language
6.8% of pupils
SEN support
32.9% of pupils
EHC plan
6.8% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
URN
143916

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.18 first-choice applications per place

49 places offered · 58 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

48 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
36.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
43.8%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
22.9%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) NE

no pupils entered

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
32.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

66% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% moved to another state school · 15% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£5,284
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
96%
Continuing in education
90%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
27%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
7%
Any sustained destination
40%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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