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Outwood Academy Adwick

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Windmill Balk Lane, Woodlands, Doncaster DN6 7SF · adwick.outwood.com · 01302 722237

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
43.7
average Attainment 8 score. Doncaster 44.6, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,048
81% of 1,300 places
Local authority
Doncaster
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
39.5%
First language not English
5.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Outwood Grange Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 172 families put the school first and 174 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 186 (Places 192)186September 2023: 207 (Places 198)207September 2024: 189 (Places 203)189September 2025: 180 (Places 185)180September 2026: 172 (Places 174)172Places 174
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261741721100%
September 2025Sept 20251851801100%
September 2024Sept 20242031890.9100%
September 2023Sept 20231982071▲94%
September 2022Sept 20221921861100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.7, and 41.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Doncaster it was 44.6, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (22.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 44.0 (England 46.3)44.02017/18: 42.4 (England 46.5)42.42018/19: 41.8 (England 46.7)41.82021/22: 44.2 (England 48.8)44.22022/23: 39.7 (England 46.3)39.72023/24: 38.5 (England 45.9)38.52024/25: 43.7 (England 46.0)43.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼43.746.0
▼41.5%45.4%
●64.4%64.8%
▼23.4%40.5%
▼3.714.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form31.3−3.8
Sixth form college6.5−5.4
Further education39.8+9.4
Other education1−1.1
Apprenticeship4+1.9
Employment3.5−3.2
Not in a lasting destination7.5−2.3
Activity not captured6.5+4.4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 22.7 (England 30.5)D+2016/17: 19.1 (England 31.1)D2017/18: 22.5 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 17.2 (England 32.9)D-2021/22: 28.2 (England 37.9)C-2022/23: 23.3 (England 34.2)D+2023/24: 21.8 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 22.7 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
22 studentsD+ (22.7)Well below average -0.74
22 studentsD+ (22.5)Well below average -0.75
30 studentsMerit- (22.1)Below average -0.44
10%AAB or better
100%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2421D+ (21.8)-1.08
2022/2331D+ (23.3)—
2021/2236C- (28.2)—
2018/1956D- (17.2)-0.36
2017/1852D+ (22.5)-0.34
2016/1748D (19.1)-0.47
2015/1647D+ (22.7)+0.05

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University38.6+5.9
Further education6.9−0.8
Apprenticeship6.8−0.9
Employment22.7−13.8
Not in a lasting destination20.5+7
Activity not captured4.5+2.6

Ofsted

Outwood Academy Adwick was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
17 Jan 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2019Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2016Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2013Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

0% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
0%
Replies
10
1% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▼0% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼0% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼0% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼20% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼10% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼0% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼0% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼70% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼70% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼0% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼0% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 100% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼0% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 80% who had a child bullied

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