Hungerhill School

State school · Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formDoncaster, Doncaster DN3school website

Four in five Year 11 leavers stay in education, in line with the England rate; most to a sixth form college (38%).

Where this school leads
80%

of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Doncaster 81% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Hungerhill School: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 56%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 34%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 41%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 35%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 42%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 2%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 25%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 13%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 15%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 19%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 46%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
Inspected
Places
—
Pupils
1,175
Free school meals
19.6%

Ofsted: Short inspection, 10 December 2024: see the report · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Doncaster’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 1,120 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hungerhill School A Specialist Centre for Science, Mathematics and Computing (URN 106795, until 1 March 2012).

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

80%stayed in education after Year 11
This school80%
Doncaster81%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 217 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

Hungerhill School has no sixth form. Of the 217 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 38% moved to a sixth form college, 17% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.

Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.

Full breakdown11
MeasureHungerhill SchoolDoncasterEngland
Pupils in the cohort2173,265607,348
Any sustained destination92%88%92%
Stayed in education80%81%86%
— school sixth form23%29%34%
— sixth form college38%18%13%
— further education college17%31%37%
— other education3%2%2%
Apprenticeship7%4%3%
Employment4%3%3%
No sustained destination6%8%6%
Destination unknown2%3%3%
GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

49.2Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school49.2
Doncaster44.6
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 217 pupils in Year 11

17% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 39.0 — above disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

50% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Doncaster 44%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureHungerhill SchoolDoncasterEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)49.244.646.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%44%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths75%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects57%25%41%
EBacc average point score4.583.814.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort17%30%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils39.034.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.349.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language7%13%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

61.69%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

French stands out at GCSE — 36% of the year group took it, against 18% across England.

Language & Communication55%
Green & Sustainability46%
Health & Safety42%
Natural Sciences41%
Engineering & Manufacturing35%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects20

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics217100%88%19%22%78%
English Language216100%89%26%20%81%
English Literature21398%86%20%21%78%
Citizenship Studies19288%3%7%19%60%
Combined Science16074%65%4%9%64%
Geography11051%41%21%25%67%
History9745%41%25%26%71%
French7936%18%13%29%95%
Physics5425%23%37%46%100%
Chemistry5425%23%54%47%100%
Biology5425%23%48%45%100%
Spanish4420%19%23%27%86%
Food Preparation and Nutrition2411%8%8%21%83%
Psychology2311%3%26%22%87%
Physical Education2210%11%5%24%45%
Art and Design199%7%11%24%84%
Polish42%1%—84%—
Turkish21%0%—71%—
Chinese10%1%—75%—
Portuguese10%0%—50%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications7
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies50——
Art and Design43——
Engineering Studies42——
Computer Appreciation / Introduction29——
Sports Studies19——
Speech and Drama15——
Manufacturing Engineering1——
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication65%
Green & Sustainability55%
Health & Safety53%
Natural Sciences52%
Mathematics & Statistics41%
Engineering & Manufacturing40%
Transversal Skills32%
Law & Public Administration30%
Arts & Humanities23%
Social & Cultural Skills17%
Digital & ICT Skills16%
Business & Administration5%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 16.1percentage 10.8ratio 10.8vocabulary 9.8gradient 9.0translation 8.2power 7.7reflection 7.7particle model 7.2root 7.0equation 7.0grammar 7.0audience 6.7energy transfer 6.4standard form 6.3area 6.3formulae 6.0impact 5.9scale 5.7evidence 5.6change of state 5.5presentation 5.4purpose 5.3percentage change 5.3

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, area, unit conversion from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 7 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pressure, conservation of mass, energy change from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 3 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, data interpretation, probability from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 3 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
More apprenticeships9
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data interpretation, climate change, conduct field work from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 3 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: battery test technician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, chart from English Language, Geography, Mathematics and 4 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, measurement, data interpretation from Biology, Geography, Mathematics and 3 more
Peer workerLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · health and science · uses power, identity, accuracy from Citizenship Studies, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Language and 5 more · jobs: social work assistant
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Public health practitioner - integrated degreeLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses effectiveness, evaluation, democratic system from Biology, Chemistry, Citizenship Studies and 2 more · jobs: social worker, health and safety officer, community development social worker
Admissions

How do you get a place?

The last distance at which Hungerhill School offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Doncaster’s allocation statistics.

  1. 31 OctApply to Doncaster in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
  2. 1 MarNational Offer Day
Doncaster

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.