XP School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 6 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Doncaster
Unique reference
140964
Address
Middle Bank, DN4 5NG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
249 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
55.8%
Girls
44.2%
First language not English
12%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.7%
Persistent absence
20.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
28.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.9%
Other White 8%
Mixed 4.4%
Indian 1.6%
Other Asian 1.6%
Chinese 1.2%
Other 1.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
African 0.8%
Unclassified 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 40%
Local authority average 25%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.8
Local authority average 44.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.53
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award3
Sports StudiesTechnical Award5
Art & DesignGCSE19
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE3
English LanguageGCSE50
English LiteratureGCSE51
GeographyGCSE7
HistoryGCSE50
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

XP School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
50
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
150
2nd preference
189
3rd preference
105
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
42
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
50
30
20
Year 8
51
26
25
Year 9
49
25
24
Year 10
49
28
21
Year 11
50
30
20
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
80.0%
85.5%
Further education
43.0%
31.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
10.0%
29.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
27.0%
18.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
4.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
3.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
8.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
3.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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