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Ash Hill Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Ash Hill, Hatfield, Ash Hill Road, DONCASTER DN7 6JH · ashhillacademy.org.uk · 01302 562541
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2020
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Doncaster 44.6, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 827
- 75% of 1,100 places
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 45.1%
- First language not English
- 6.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 155 families put the school first and 173 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 173 | 155 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 170 | 157 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 190 | 167 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 178 | 152 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 163 | 137 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.9, and 49.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Doncaster it was 44.6, and across England 46.
In 2016/17 the average A level result was grade D- (18.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲49.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.07 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 8.5 | +0.7 |
| Sixth form college | 25.5 | +3.1 |
| Further education | 50.4 | +11.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4 | −2.9 |
| Employment | 2.8 | −5.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.1 | −5.8 |
| Activity not captured | 4.3 | +0.9 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2017/18 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 students | — | Average +0.08 | |
| 3 students | — | Average +0.08 | |
| Applied general7 students | Merit (23.8) | Average -0.11 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 13 | D- (18.1) | +0.16 |
| 2015/16 | 32 | D- (16) | -0.27 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 13 | +7 |
| Apprenticeship | 25 | +4 |
| Employment | 13 | −13 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 25 | −1 |
| Activity not captured | 25 | +16 |
Ofsted
Ash Hill Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 4 March 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in May 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 20 May 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
- Jan 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Jan 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective May 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (64 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 61%
- Replies
- 64
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 56% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (31%) with SEND