Community school · Rotherham

Badsley Primary School

4–11Ages
548Pupils
PrimaryPhase
106833URN

Badsley Moor Lane, Rotherham, S65 2QS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.3 below Rotherham median (1.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Rotherham

86 applications for 59 places · 65th of 82 in Rotherham

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

39%met the expected standard

Rotherham 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 28 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision	Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.3 below Rotherham median (1.8) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

86 applications · 59 places offered · 58 named it first

2026 1.5; Rotherham median median 1.8
2025 1.3; Rotherham median median 1.7
2024 1.5; Rotherham median median 1.7
2023 1.4; Rotherham median median 1.6
2022 1.4; Rotherham median median 1.7
2021 1.3; Rotherham median median 1.6
2020 1.4; Rotherham median median 1.6
2019 1.5; Rotherham median median 1.7
2018 1.3; Rotherham median median 1.7
2017 1.4; Rotherham median median 1.9
2016 1.5; Rotherham median median 2.0
2015 1.7; Rotherham median median 2.3
2014 1.7; Rotherham median median 2.1

More applications per place than the Rotherham median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Rotherham median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	59	86	1.5	58	0.98
Sep 2025	56	73	1.3	56	1.00
Sep 2024	50	77	1.5	50	1.00
Sep 2023	68	95	1.4	68	1.00
Sep 2022	65	91	1.4	63	0.97
Sep 2021	66	83	1.3	66	1.00
Sep 2020	77	107	1.4	76	0.99
Sep 2019	68	99	1.5	67	0.99
Sep 2018	77	103	1.3	69	0.90
Sep 2017	73	104	1.4	63	0.86
Sep 2016	77	116	1.5	70	0.91
Sep 2015	85	140	1.7	79	0.93
Sep 2014	79	133	1.7	71	0.90

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 52% · Writing 68% · Maths 59% → all three 39% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard39%75th of 84 in Rotherham

Rotherham 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard52%

Rotherham 75% England 78%

Higher standard18%

Rotherham 26% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard68%

Rotherham 75% England 75%

Greater depth1%

Rotherham 8% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard59%

Rotherham 75% England 77%

Higher standard15%

Rotherham 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Rotherham median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	39%	1%	101	101
2023/24	47%	1%	102	101
2022/23	35%	0%	100	100

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Badsley Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.5applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
0.3 km · Rotherham

Good2023

1.8applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
East Dene Primary
0.8 km · Rotherham

Good2022

1.8applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Herringthorpe Junior School
0.9 km · Rotherham

Graded · no overall grade2025

85%met the SATs standard
Herringthorpe Infant School
1.0 km · Rotherham

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place
Coleridge Primary
1.1 km · Rotherham

Outstanding2022

1.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
High Greave Infant School
1.1 km · Rotherham

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.6applications per place
High Greave Junior School
1.2 km · Rotherham

Standards maintained2024

58%met the SATs standard
St Ann's Primary School
1.4 km · Rotherham

Good2023

1.3applications per place 34%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 106833 · 372/2004
Capacity: 630 pupils · 548 on roll
Free school meals: 58.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Badsley Moor Lane, Rotherham, S65 2QS
Local authority: Rotherham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources