Overall Oxbridge
#628
6 ranked schools · +286 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
30
Offers
8
Offer rate26.7%
+4.3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
South Yorkshire's second-largest settlement and one of England's newest cities, Doncaster received city status in 2022 under the Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours, a recognition earned by a place that had grown from Roman fort to flat-racing capital along the River Don. Around 308,000 people live across the wider metropolitan borough today.
Edlington and Edenthorpe are among the more school-competitive corners of the borough, drawing families who weigh catchment carefully, while Belle Vue has long attracted parents focused on primary options in the western suburbs. Bentley and Hatfield extend the residential offer further north and east. The city sits in the Don Valley, east of the Pennines, with Doncaster station on the East Coast Main Line linking it to Leeds, York, and London King's Cross via LNER services.
Area Performance
Across 142 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.11/10, -0.30 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Doncaster schools
Doncaster vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Doncaster schools
top 53% of 14,978
top 53% of 14,978
top 59% of 3,862
top 59% of 3,862
top 72% of 2,555
top 72% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
6 ranked schools · +286 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
30
Offers
8
Cambridge
6 ranked schools · +183 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
30
Offers
8
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