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Armthorpe Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Mere Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster DN3 2DA · armthorpeacademy.org.uk · 01302 831582
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Doncaster 44.6, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 695
- 77% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.2%
- First language not English
- 16.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Consilium Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 123 families put the school first and 148 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 | 148 | 123 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 116 | 102 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 142 | 88 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 112 | 95 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 147 | 140 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.5, and 28.9% 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 E (9.41 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼28.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼51.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼14.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.36 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 10.5 | +1.1 |
| Sixth form college | 19 | −7.4 |
| Further education | 44.8 | +6.1 |
| Other education | 2.9 | +2 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.7 | −4.7 |
| Employment | 3.8 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.6 | −1.8 |
| Activity not captured | 5.7 | +4.8 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2016/17 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 students | E (9.4) | -0.95 | |
| 8 students | E (9.4) | -0.95 | |
| Applied general22 students | — | +0.09 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 8 | E (11) | -0.62 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2016/17 | |
|---|---|
| University | 26 |
| Further and other education | 5 |
| Further education | 3 |
| Other education | 3 |
| Apprenticeship | 11 |
| Employment | 34 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11 |
| Activity not captured | 11 |
Ofsted
Armthorpe Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 17 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 17 Apr 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Requires 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
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (106 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Replies
- 106
- 16% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 28 parents (26%) with SEND