Sir Thomas Wharton Academy

Tait Avenue, Edlington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 1HH

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About this school

Sir Thomas Wharton Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The school has 1,166 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 21 September 2021). Last inspected 17 March 2026. The Headteacher is Matthew McDonald. The school is administered by Doncaster local authority. It belongs to MALTBY LEARNING TRUST. It opened in 1 April 2017.

School details

Head

Matthew McDonald

Trust

MALTBY LEARNING TRUST

Local authority

Doncaster

Gender

Mixed

URN

144364

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Sir Thomas Wharton Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Doncaster). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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