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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 17 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 26 May 2021Graded inspection: 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 entry25 applications · 15 places offered · 14 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.7; Rotherham median median 1.8
- 2025 1.7; Rotherham median median 1.7
- 2024 1.7; Rotherham median median 1.7
- 2023 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.6
- 2022 1.7; Rotherham median median 1.7
- 2021 1.3; Rotherham median median 1.6
- 2020 1.5; Rotherham median median 1.6
- 2019 1.6; Rotherham median median 1.7
- 2018 1.6; Rotherham median median 1.7
- 2017 2.0; Rotherham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.5; Rotherham median median 2.0
- 2015 2.1; Rotherham median median 2.3
- 2014 2.1; Rotherham median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Rotherham median
Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 106943), the previous school.
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 | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 26 | 1.7 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 12 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 24 | 27 | 1.1 | 20 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 15 | 19 | 1.3 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 17 | 27 | 1.6 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 22 | 36 | 1.6 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 19 | 37 | 2.0 | 20 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2016 | 28 | 42 | 1.5 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 22 | 46 | 2.1 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 * | 28 | 59 | 2.1 | 33 | 1.18 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 39% · Writing 17% · Maths 39% → all three 11% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Rotherham median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 11% | 0% | 98 | 95 |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 5% | 104 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 48% | 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
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 11%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · RotherhamRequires improvement20241.2applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · RotherhamRemains Good20221.7applications per place
- 0.9 km · RotherhamRequires improvement2023
- 1.0 km · RotherhamRemains Good20232.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Rotherham20263.2applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · RotherhamGood20231.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · RotherhamRequires improvement20242.8applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · RotherhamGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140590 · 372/3338
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 196 pupils · 141 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2014
- Replaced
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 106943)
- Address
- Lidgett Lane, Dinnington, Sheffield, S25 2QD
- Local authority
- Rotherham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources