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Secondary · DN3 · Doncaster

The McAuley Catholic High School

Cantley Lane, Cantley, Doncaster, DN3 3QF

THE MCAULEY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance94.2%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.06
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils1431

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (11 Feb 2020).

  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in DN3. Where we have them, council (Doncaster) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1431
Free school meals
30.2%
11% above district average (19.2%)

Also: Doncaster 30.5% · England 25.8%

SEN
13.6%
8.8% below district average (22.4%)

Also: Doncaster 15.1% · England 16.5%

EAL
19.3%
8% above district average (11.3%)
Attendance
94.2%
0.8% below district average (95%)

Also: Doncaster 92.3% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the DN3 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is 2023/24 because the latest year is not published yet. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

15.7%

6.2% below England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

-0.06

0.06 below England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

42.5

4.2 below England (46.7)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

34.6%

11.6% below England (46.2%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

55.4%

10.5% below England (65.9%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

7.8%

33.3% below England (41.1%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

3.33

0.8 below England (4.14)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 95%
    2020/21
  • 89.3%
    2021/22
  • 90.3%
    2022/23
  • 91.2%
    2023/24
  • 91.5%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
1735
Pupils on roll
1431

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Doncaster page.

SEN support

SEN %
13.6%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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