XP East

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 11 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Doncaster
Unique reference
143916
Address
Middle Bank, DN4 5NG
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
280 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
6.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.8%
Persistent absence
22.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
32.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.7%
Mixed 4.7%
Other White 3.9%
Other Asian 1.4%
Indian 1.1%
African 1.1%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 25%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.9
Local authority average 44.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.31
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award5
Sports StudiesTechnical Award7
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE9
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE5
English LanguageGCSE48
English LiteratureGCSE48
GeographyGCSE4
HistoryGCSE44
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

XP East

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
86
2nd preference
178
3rd preference
92
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
31
2nd preference
19
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 classes21.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
50
20
30
Year 8
51
31
20
Year 9
47
20
27
Year 10
46
28
18
Year 11
48
23
25
Year 12
14
4
10
Year 13
19
16
3
Year 14
5
3
2
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
80.0%
85.5%
Further education
50.0%
31.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
10.0%
29.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
25.0%
18.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
4.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
8.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
0.0%
3.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
40.0%
50.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
10.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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