Don Valley Academy

Don Valley Academy at a glance

Located in Doncaster, Don Valley Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,101 pupils aged 11 to 16. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 48.0, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 0.5 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 38% of secondary schools nationally.

55% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 72% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Don Valley Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 203 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 85% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 23.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Don Valley Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.