Outwood Academy Danum

Outwood Academy Danum is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across most domains including the quality of education, personal development, and leadership. The school fosters an inclusive environment and provides a range of specialist support for students with additional needs, helping them to excel. Most students enjoy positive relationships with their teachers and engage well in their learning, with the sixth form receiving particularly favorable feedback on their preparation for future careers. However, there are notable concerns regarding attendance, with some students missing valuable learning opportunities due to persistent absence and high suspension rates. The school is aware of these issues and is working to address them through various initiatives.

Strengths

• Inclusive environment catering to a diverse pupil population
• Strong curriculum designed to meet pupils' needs and future employers
• Teachers possess good subject knowledge and provide effective lessons
• Pupils generally behave well and value their education
• Comprehensive personal development program addressing key themes
• Specialized provisions in place for pupils with SEND

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not attend regularly, affecting their progress
• High rates of suspensions leading to missed learning opportunities
• Disadvantaged and high-attaining pupils not making sufficient progress

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Outwood Academy Danum attended 90.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 30.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 20.4% of pupils at Outwood Academy Danum were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 11 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Outwood Academy Danum had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 27.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.0% of pupils at Outwood Academy Danum were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Outwood Academy Danum received £9,657 and spent £9,114 for each of its 1,211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,710,000 (£1,412 per pupil).

Across all 40 schools of Outwood Grange Academies Trust, income was £8,313 and spending £8,200 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Outwood Academy Danum is part of Outwood Grange Academies Trust, which runs 40 schools. The nearest others:

• Outwood Academy Adwick Doncaster
• Outwood Primary Academy Woodlands Doncaster
• Outwood Academy Hemsworth Pontefract
• Outwood Primary Academy Darfield Barnsley
• Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane Pontefract
• Outwood Academy Shafton Barnsley
• Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green Wakefield
• Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth Grange Barnsley
• Outwood Academy Valley Worksop
• Outwood Academy Carlton Barnsley

What is Outwood Academy Danum's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Outwood Academy Danum is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Outwood Academy Danum last inspected by Ofsted?

Outwood Academy Danum was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Outwood Academy Danum have?

Outwood Academy Danum has 1,083 pupils on roll.

What age range does Outwood Academy Danum cover?

Outwood Academy Danum for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Outwood Academy Danum's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.0, and 53% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Outwood Academy Danum?

Outwood Academy Danum is at Armthorpe Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN2 5QD.