Serlby Park Academy
All-through · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–16 · Doncaster, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
11.718 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 135.228 mi
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Serlby Park Academy is an all-through school in Doncaster, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 October 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Serlby Park Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 11.718 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 135.228 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 8 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last Reception place offered went to a child living 11.718 miles away, the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 47 first-choice applications for 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last place offered went to a child living 135.228 miles from the school.
- Of the 991 pupils on roll in January 2026, 39.5% were eligible for free school meals.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Whitehouse Road, Bircotes, Doncaster, DN11 8EF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 3–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 991 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 October 2023
Strengths
- “This school sits at the heart of the community it serves.”
- “There is a keen focus on helping pupils and their families overcome any challenges they might face.”
- “The school’s ambitious ‘changing lives’ vision underpins leaders’ determination to give pupils a good deal.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not attend school as often as they should.”
- “The school has recently gone through a period of instability and uncertainty.”
- “However, some of the work to improve the curriculum has not been in place long enough to ensure that pupils’ knowledge is secure in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 51% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 47 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 47 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 49 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 49 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Nottinghamshire.
- St Giles School 8.1 mi Improved significantly
- Worksop College 9.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bright Fields School 11.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own 13.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Wellow House School 16.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Yeoman Park Academy 18.4 mi Not judged
- Horizons Academy 19.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Beech Academy 19.7 mi School remains Good