Doncaster Rovers F.C. Academy

Doncaster Rovers Academy is the youth team run by Doncaster Rovers to encourage and develop young footballers in South Yorkshire. The youth team runs 9 teams and has over 100 players from the ages of 8 to 17. Stuart Swift is the current academy manager and joined the club in March 2023. The academy team plays in the Football League Youth Alliance, North East Conference and is only for players below the age of 18. Home games are played at the club's training ground at Cantley Park. The role of the Doncaster Rovers Academy is to develop players and their abilities to their full potential for the club's first team. Rovers youth team were runners-up of the FA Youth Cup in 1988 and the winners of the Youth Alliance Cup in 2012. The youth system currently has Category 3 status but with future plans to achieve Category 2 status Academy in the Elite Player Performance Plan which would make Doncaster one of the few teams outside the Premier League with Category 2 status.

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Eco-Power Stadium

The Eco-Power Stadium (formerly known as Keepmoat Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Doncaster, England, with a capacity of 15,231. It cost approximately £20 million to construct, as part of the wider Lakeside Sports Complex that it resides within which in total cost approximately £32 million, and is used by Doncaster Rovers, Doncaster Rugby League Club and Doncaster Rovers Belles Ladies Football Club.

Lakeside Village, Doncaster

Lakeside Village is an outlet shopping centre in Lakeside, a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Remodelled in 2003, it was previously known as The Yorkshire Outlet. Lakeside Village is owned by Kent County Council, despite being in South Yorkshire, and operated by the retail property asset management company Realm, which also work together on a number of other outlet centres in the United Kingdom.

Sine FM

Sine FM, sometimes known simply as Sine, is a community radio station based near the Eco-Power Stadium in Doncaster. It broadcasts 24/7 to the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster on 102.6 FM and to the world on its website, Sine FM.com.

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XP School

XP School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The school serves around 250 pupils, ages 11–19. The current headteacher is Claira Salter. XP School was co-founded by current CEO Gwyn ap Harri & CAO Andy Sprakes who were inspired by education institutions such as High Tech High in the United States. Gwyn ap Harri is also the CEO of education software company realsmart. It bases its practices on the High Tech High charter schools and expeditionary learning schools in the United States. XP students complete cross-subject expeditions. The school opened in September 2014, with two classes of 25 year-seven pupils. It opened before the construction of its premises and pupils were initially taught at Doncaster Rovers' Eco-Power Stadium. In October 2016, it also become the new home of local community radio station Sine FM. In July 2017, the school was rated as "Outstanding" by Ofsted. In June 2023 the school was rated as "Good" by Ofsted.