Armthorpe Academy
Academy converter · 695 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.5
Academy sponsor led
Ash Hill Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 827of 1,100 places
- Free school meals
- 45.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 148
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 21 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hatfield Visual Arts College (URN 106784, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Ash Hill Academy has no sixth form. Of the 141 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 37% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.9 against 46.1 across England and 44.6 in Doncaster, with 49% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Ash Hill Academy | Doncaster | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 141 | 3,265 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 79% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 71% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 9% | 29% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 25% | 18% | 13% |
| — further education college | 37% | 31% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Ash Hill Academy | Doncaster | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.9 | 44.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 30% | 25% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.07 | 3.81 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 30% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 41.9 | 34.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.0 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 145 | 98% | 89% | 28% | 20% | 74% |
| Mathematics | 145 | 98% | 88% | 17% | 22% | 74% |
| English Literature | 143 | 97% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 69% |
| Combined Science | 113 | 76% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 64% |
| History | 107 | 72% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 53% |
| French | 42 | 28% | 18% | 10% | 29% | 93% |
| Geography | 34 | 23% | 41% | 32% | 25% | 68% |
| Photography | 33 | 22% | 6% | 15% | 19% | 85% |
| Biology | 32 | 22% | 23% | 50% | 45% | 94% |
| Physics | 30 | 20% | 23% | 57% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 20% | 23% | 73% | 47% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 24 | 16% | 7% | 29% | 24% | 83% |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Fine Art | 1 | 1% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 89 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 84 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 73 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 72 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 10 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Doncaster
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De Warenne Academy
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Doncaster UTC
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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.