Doncaster Rovers FC are committed to working with all sections of our community in Doncaster and have been very supportive in helping us to acquire temporary accommodation in 2014/15. It will be exciting to watch our new school being built over the course of the year and be close enough so that we can watch progress and visit the site.

As well as being our home for the year, obviously we will share the stadium with others. For example, the stadium accommodates corporate events, there is a thriving gym and a variety of sporting activities and opportunities are available for all ages. Doncaster Rovers Community Foundation also offers educational courses for Post 16 students and there is a small Key Stage 3 Learning Centre, based in the North Stand, that offers support to students who are struggling in mainstream education and who need extra help so that they can return to school. Both the Foundation provision and the Learning Centre are completely separate from XP, located in other areas of the stadium. Therefore, our students will have no contact with anyone else who is based at the stadium unless we feel that it would be beneficial for our students.

For our first year, our school will be based in the East Stand and is a bespoke design that not only more than meets our temporary needs but will be passed onto the Doncaster Rovers Community Foundation who are joint funding this ground breaking venture. The legacy of the building will be that it will be accessed by the community of Doncaster for years to come. This is what XP is all about.

We will have our own entrance, our own external space and we will operate independently. It is a fantastic opportunity for our students and in the long term for the wider community of Doncaster. For further details of where we are going to start our remarkable journey check out the video on our website, ‘Where on earth is XP?’ and have a look at the draft plans below!