Contested schools in Doncaster

These are the Doncaster schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Doncaster

Secondary schools (8)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Doncaster, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
XP School	50	125	2.50
Hall Cross Academy	301	407	1.35
Hungerhill School	242	305	1.26
XP East	49	58	1.18
Ridgewood School	231	239	1.03
De Warenne Academy	148	146	0.99
Sir Thomas Wharton Academy	257	246	0.96
Don Valley Academy	222	203	0.91

Primary schools (30)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Doncaster, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Canon Popham CofE Primary Academy	30	47	1.57
St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School	21	32	1.52
Holy Family Catholic Primary School	30	39	1.30
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School	28	35	1.25
Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School	30	37	1.23
St Joseph's School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy	30	37	1.23
Warmsworth Primary School	60	72	1.20
Auckley Primary Academy	29	34	1.17
Barnburgh Primary Academy	30	33	1.10
Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary School	30	33	1.10
St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School	30	33	1.10
Carr Lodge Academy	57	61	1.07
Bawtry Mayflower Primary School	31	33	1.06
Tickhill St Mary's Church of England Primary and Nursery School	34	36	1.06
Scawthorpe Sunnyfields Primary School	40	42	1.05
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy	49	51	1.04
Thorne King Edward Primary School	45	47	1.04
Southfield Primary	30	31	1.03
Willow Primary School	60	61	1.02
Hayfield Lane Primary School	51	51	1
Hill Top Academy	44	44	1
Hooton Pagnell All Saints Church of England Primary School	8	8	—
Owston Park Primary Academy	54	54	1
Town Field Primary School	54	53	0.98
Crookesbroom Primary Academy	29	28	0.97
St Peter's Catholic Primary School	30	29	0.97
Windhill Primary School	25	24	0.96
Bessacarr Primary	53	49	0.92
Tickhill Estfeld Primary School	22	20	0.91
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Primary School	19	17	—

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.