Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Rotherham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 10 March 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 10 February 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry192 applications · 173 places offered · 148 named it first
- 2026 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.5
- 2025 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.4
- 2024 1.2; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2023 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2022 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.2
- 2021 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2020 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.4
- 2019 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2018 1.0; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2017 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.5
- 2016 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.4
- 2015 1.3; Rotherham median median 1.7
- 2014 1.2; Rotherham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Rotherham median
Dashed bars: as Rawmarsh Community School - A Sports College (URN 106953), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 173 | 192 | 1.1 | 148 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 183 | 202 | 1.1 | 173 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 216 | 248 | 1.2 | 210 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 221 | 251 | 1.1 | 221 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 200 | 227 | 1.1 | 197 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 217 | 232 | 1.1 | 213 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 207 | 223 | 1.1 | 198 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 240 | 262 | 1.1 | 241 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 218 | 217 | 1.0 | 216 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 205 | 233 | 1.1 | 199 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 170 | 192 | 1.1 | 165 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 178 | 232 | 1.3 | 170 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 * | 145 | 180 | 1.2 | 137 | 0.94 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 212 | 40.1 | 34% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 207 | 38.8 | 36% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 220 | 38.7 | 30% | 51% | −0.43 |
| 2022/23 | 206 | 37.8 | 23% | 47% | −0.51 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Rawmarsh Community SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.1applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · RotherhamGood20231.8applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · RotherhamRequires improvement20242.4applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Rotherham20261.5applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · RotherhamGood20232.3applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · RotherhamSome aspects not as strong20241.0applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · RotherhamRequires significant improvement 20261.3applications per place 34.6Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · RotherhamRemains Good20231.5applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · RotherhamGood20242.9applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140553 · 372/4002
- Capacity
- 1,075 pupils · 1,067 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2014
- Replaced
- Rawmarsh Community School - A Sports College (URN 106953)
- Address
- Monkwood Road, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, S62 7GA
- Local authority
- Rotherham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources