What did Ofsted judge XP School's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged XP School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in June 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend XP School?

XP School has 246 pupils on roll.

What ages does XP School take?

XP School admits pupils aged 11 to 19.

Where is XP School located?

XP School is located in Doncaster, DN4 5NG, Doncaster.

How do I apply to XP School?

XP School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How are Year 7 places decided at XP School?

When XP School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after children and previously looked after children; 2. Music aptitude — 5 places (10% of our PAN of 50) will be allocated to children who have demonstrated an aptitude in Music. Parents should indicate on the application form that they wish their child to be considered for one of these places; 3. Siblings — Siblings of pupils attending the school at the time the application is received, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 50 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If a tie-break is necessary, random allocation will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. The admissions authority will conduct the random allocation.

What is the largest ethnic background at XP School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 79.3% of pupils at XP School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How close did you need to live?

Distance depends on the band here

XP School admits by banding: applicants are placed into bands and each band is filled separately, so there is no single last-offer distance. Each band has its own, and which one applies depends on your child's assessment — so one number could not answer this for every child.

How the bands work: All applicants must take a Fair Banding Assessment (cognitive ability, multiple choice test, no pass/fail mark). Applicants placed into one of 5 bands, each representing the local ability range in the catchment area, with the top 20% scorers placed into Band 1, and so on. The school will apply the oversubscription criteria to admit 10 pupils from each band to reach the admission number of 50.

Your local authority’s admissions booklet publishes the cut-off for each band. The full ranked criteria are on the Admissions tab.

How places are decided at XP School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after children and previously looked after children
2Music aptitude — 5 places (10% of our PAN of 50) will be allocated to children who have demonstrated an aptitude in Music. Parents should indicate on the application form that they wish their child to be considered for one of these places.
3Siblings — Siblings of pupils attending the school at the time the application is received.
4Children of staff — Children of staff who have been recruited to fill a skill shortage
5Catchment area — Children living within the designated catchment area of the school identified by random allocation.
6Outside catchment area — Children living outside the designated catchment area of the school identified by random allocation.

If two applications tie: If a tie-break is necessary, random allocation will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. The admissions authority will conduct the random allocation.

Within criteria 5 and 6 (catchment and outside catchment), places are allocated by random allocation rather than proximity. Waiting list places allocated by band, with looked after/previously looked after children given highest priority without reference to bands.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

XP School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge XP School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged XP School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in June 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend XP School?: XP School has 246 pupils on roll.
What ages does XP School take?: XP School admits pupils aged 11 to 19.
Where is XP School located?: XP School is located in Doncaster, DN4 5NG, Doncaster.
How do I apply to XP School?: XP School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at XP School?: When XP School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after children and previously looked after children; 2. Music aptitude — 5 places (10% of our PAN of 50) will be allocated to children who have demonstrated an aptitude in Music. Parents should indicate on the application form that they wish their child to be considered for one of these places; 3. Siblings — Siblings of pupils attending the school at the time the application is received, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 50 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If a tie-break is necessary, random allocation will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. The admissions authority will conduct the random allocation.
What is the largest ethnic background at XP School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 79.3% of pupils at XP School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How close did you need to live?

Distance depends on the band here

Your local authority’s admissions booklet publishes the cut-off for each band. The full ranked criteria are on the Admissions tab.

How places are decided at XP School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after children and previously looked after children
2Music aptitude — 5 places (10% of our PAN of 50) will be allocated to children who have demonstrated an aptitude in Music. Parents should indicate on the application form that they wish their child to be considered for one of these places.
3Siblings — Siblings of pupils attending the school at the time the application is received.
4Children of staff — Children of staff who have been recruited to fill a skill shortage
5Catchment area — Children living within the designated catchment area of the school identified by random allocation.
6Outside catchment area — Children living outside the designated catchment area of the school identified by random allocation.

If two applications tie: If a tie-break is necessary, random allocation will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. The admissions authority will conduct the random allocation.

XP School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge XP School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged XP School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in June 2023, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend XP School?: XP School has 246 pupils on roll.
What ages does XP School take?: XP School admits pupils aged 11 to 19.
Where is XP School located?: XP School is located in Doncaster, DN4 5NG, Doncaster.
How do I apply to XP School?: XP School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at XP School?: When XP School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after children and previously looked after children; 2. Music aptitude — 5 places (10% of our PAN of 50) will be allocated to children who have demonstrated an aptitude in Music. Parents should indicate on the application form that they wish their child to be considered for one of these places; 3. Siblings — Siblings of pupils attending the school at the time the application is received, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 50 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If a tie-break is necessary, random allocation will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. The admissions authority will conduct the random allocation.
What is the largest ethnic background at XP School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 79.3% of pupils at XP School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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