Outwood Academy Adwick, Doncaster

In 2026, pupils at Outwood Academy Adwick averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.8 in Doncaster and 47 across England.

45% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Doncaster and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 43.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.18: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 33, against 49.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 172 families put Outwood Academy Adwick as their first choice and 238 named it as one of their preferences, for 174 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Outwood Academy Adwick are Don Valley Academy (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.7); Ridgewood School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.8); Campsmount Academy (4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.9); and Hall Cross Academy (4.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.6).

Outwood Academy Adwick's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Outwood Academy Adwick is one of 40 schools run by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 201 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 40% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 44 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 39% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 23% into work. 7% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

38.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 5.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 193 pupils (18.4%) received SEN support and 30 (2.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Adwick Rail Station, about 950 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Windmill Balk Lane/Villa Road (adjacent), 30 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Outwood Academy Adwick stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Outwood Academy Adwick issued 770 suspensions, 68.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Outwood Academy Adwick are Adwick Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands (0.4 miles), St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles) and Highfields Primary Academy (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.