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Serlby Park Academy
All-through · Mixed · Ages 3–16 · Sponsored academy
Whitehouse Road, Bircotes, Doncaster DN11 8EF · serlbyparkacademy.org.uk · 01302 742535
On the mapSearch near DN11 8EF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Nottinghamshire 46.8, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Nottinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 991
- 81% of 1,230 places
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 40.3%
- First language not English
- 8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Nottinghamshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 49 families put the school first and 56 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 | 56 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 67 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 48 | 40 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 55 | 40 | 0.7 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 47 | 29 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.4, and 50.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Nottinghamshire it was 46.8, and across England 46.
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Nottinghamshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade D (18.9 points per entry).
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲68% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲50.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ●64.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲46.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.93 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.7 | −0.6 |
| Sixth form college | 38.6 | +4.4 |
| Further education | 34.1 | −3.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.7 | +0.6 |
| Employment | 3.4 | −0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8 | −3.4 |
| Activity not captured | 4.5 | — |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2017/18 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 students | D (18.9) | Well below average -0.99 | |
| 10 students | D (19.3) | Well below average -0.98 | |
| Applied general8 students | Merit+ (27.9) | Average -0.24 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 15 | C (29.6) | +0.19 |
| 2015/16 | 27 | D (20.4) | -0.29 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 8 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 25 | +20 |
| Employment | 8 | −8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 50 | +29 |
| Activity not captured | 8 | +3 |
Ofsted
Serlby Park Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 10 Oct 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (80 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 71%
- Replies
- 80
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (38%) with SEND