Ash Hill Academy
Academy sponsor led · 827 pupils
71% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
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Armthorpe Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 695of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 28.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 128
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 17 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Armthorpe School (URN 106782, until 1 July 2012).
What the data says
Armthorpe Academy has no sixth form. Of the 106 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 22% moved to a sixth form college, 48% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 63% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.5 against 46.1 across England and 44.6 in Doncaster, with 29% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French add up to 10% of the year group, and 15% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Doncaster and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Armthorpe Academy | Doncaster | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 106 | 3,265 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 75% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 29% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 22% | 18% | 13% |
| — further education college | 48% | 31% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 9% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Armthorpe Academy | Doncaster | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.5 | 44.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 15% | 25% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.36 | 3.81 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 35% | 30% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.7 | 34.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.2 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 24% | 13% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 126 | 98% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 63% |
| English Language | 126 | 98% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 52% |
| English Literature | 124 | 97% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 55% |
| Combined Science | 106 | 83% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 45% |
| Statistics | 81 | 63% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| Geography | 68 | 53% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 34% |
| Photography | 49 | 38% | 6% | 29% | 19% | 86% |
| Business Studies | 45 | 35% | 18% | 11% | 20% | 60% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 44 | 34% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 32% |
| History | 39 | 30% | 41% | 8% | 26% | 44% |
| Fine Art | 22 | 17% | 9% | 32% | 28% | 91% |
| Physics | 17 | 13% | 23% | 29% | 46% | 65% |
| Chemistry | 16 | 13% | 23% | 25% | 47% | 88% |
| Biology | 16 | 13% | 23% | 38% | 45% | 88% |
| 3D Design | 13 | 10% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 8% |
| French | 13 | 10% | 18% | 46% | 29% | 100% |
| Polish | 11 | 9% | 1% | 55% | 84% | 82% |
| Chinese | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Computer Science | 1 | 1% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports / Movement Science | 22 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 20 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 16 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Doncaster
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73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.8
Campsmount Academy
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De Warenne Academy
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Doncaster UTC
University technical college · sixth form · 770 pupils
77% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.6
Don Valley Academy
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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.