Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Rotherham
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 | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry676 applications · 332 places offered · 329 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Rotherham median median 1.5
- 2025 1.8; Rotherham median median 1.4
- 2024 2.0; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2023 2.0; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2022 2.0; Rotherham median median 1.2
- 2021 2.0; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2020 2.2; Rotherham median median 1.4
- 2019 2.1; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2018 2.1; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2017 2.2; Rotherham median median 1.5
- 2016 2.0; Rotherham median median 1.4
- 2015 2.7; Rotherham median median 1.7
- 2014 2.5; Rotherham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Rotherham median
Dashed bars: as Wickersley School and Sports College (URN 106955), 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 | 332 | 676 | 2.0 | 329 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 328 | 601 | 1.8 | 309 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 335 | 665 | 2.0 | 354 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2023 | 331 | 665 | 2.0 | 375 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 333 | 666 | 2.0 | 404 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2021 | 330 | 642 | 2.0 | 401 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2020 | 330 | 715 | 2.2 | 426 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2019 | 347 | 729 | 2.1 | 489 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2018 | 331 | 693 | 2.1 | 427 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2017 | 328 | 718 | 2.2 | 420 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2016 | 332 | 664 | 2.0 | 375 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 | 251 | 686 | 2.7 | 314 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2014 * | 308 | 772 | 2.5 | 340 | 1.10 |
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.) | 332 | 48.8 | 51% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 327 | 49.0 | 56% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 358 | 48.9 | 51% | 73% | +0.02 |
| 2022/23 | 346 | 48.3 | 52% | 70% | −0.38 |
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
- Wickersley School and Sports CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.0applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · RotherhamGood20242.9applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · RotherhamRequires significant improvement 20261.3applications per place 34.6Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Rotherham20261.3applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · RotherhamSome aspects not as strong20241.0applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · Rotherham20262.1applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Rotherham20262.1applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · Rotherham20261.1applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · RotherhamRequires improvement20231.4applications per place 46.7Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140646 · 372/4018
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,280 pupils · 1,984 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 March 2014
- Replaced
- Wickersley School and Sports College (URN 106955)
- Address
- Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham, S66 1JL
- Local authority
- Rotherham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources