Secondary
Ridgewood School
Barnsley Road, Scawsby, Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1425 of 1512 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- LEGER EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 117.6
- Pupils per adult
- 12.4
- Pupils
- 1,457
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
55%
11 points above the Doncaster average (44% across 21 schools)
49.5
4.2 above the Doncaster average (45.3 across 21 schools)
10th of 21 by our score, among the secondary schools in Doncaster we can score - 22 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.28 |
| Entered the EBacc | 24% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.37 |
| A level students | 110 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 50% |
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 55% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.0 |
| 22/23 | 33.6 |
| 23/24 | 33.3 |
| 24/25 | 30.4 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.25 |
| 22/23 | +0.07 |
| 23/24 | -0.26 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.6 |
| 22/23 | 46.8 |
| 23/24 | 45.6 |
| 24/25 | 49.5 |
Barnsley Road, Scawsby, Doncaster, DN5 7UB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Doncaster admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Andrew Peirson
- Address
- Barnsley Road, Scawsby, Doncaster, DN5 7UB
- Telephone
- 01302783939