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Swinton Queen Primary School

3–11Ages
339Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143321URN

Queen Street, Swinton, Mexborough, S64 8NE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework

Good

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

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61 applications for 41 places · 63rd of 82 in Rotherham

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

58%met the expected standard

Rotherham 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 18 October 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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

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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 entry

1.5applications per place, Reception

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

61 applications · 41 places offered · 41 named it first

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

More applications per place than the Rotherham median in 1 of 10 years.

This school
Rotherham median

Dashed bars: as Swinton Queen Primary School (URN 106879), 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	41	61	1.5	41	1.00
Sep 2025	40	55	1.4	40	1.00
Sep 2024	40	58	1.5	39	0.98
Sep 2023	36	56	1.6	34	0.94
Sep 2022	42	57	1.4	42	1.00
Sep 2021	45	80	1.8	53	1.18
Sep 2020	44	67	1.5	49	1.11
Sep 2019	41	59	1.4	41	1.00
Sep 2018	43	68	1.6	42	0.98
Sep 2017	45	73	1.6	51	1.13
Sep 2016 *	45	69	1.5	41	0.91
Sep 2015 *	45	89	2.0	45	1.00
Sep 2014 *	43	78	1.8	41	0.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 74% · Writing 74% · Maths 63% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard58%49th of 84 in Rotherham

Rotherham 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard74%

Rotherham 75% England 78%

Higher standard24%

Rotherham 26% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard74%

Rotherham 75% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Rotherham 8% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard63%

Rotherham 75% England 77%

Higher standard18%

Rotherham 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

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Rotherham median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	58%	5%	103	101
2023/24	63%	4%	105	103
2022/23	56%	4%	103	104

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

Swinton Queen Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

1.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Brookfield Primary Academy
0.7 km · Rotherham

Good2022

2.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School
1.2 km · Rotherham

Some aspects not as strong2025

1.9applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Highwoods Academy
1.3 km · Doncaster

2026

1.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Kilnhurst St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy
1.5 km · Rotherham

Remains Good2022

1.6applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Montagu Academy
1.8 km · Doncaster

Good2022

1.6applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Wath Victoria Primary School
2.0 km · Rotherham

2026

1.8applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Kilnhurst Primary School
2.2 km · Rotherham

Good2022

2.0applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary School
2.3 km · Doncaster

Standards maintained2025

1.6applications per place 34%met the SATs standard

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143321 · 372/2075
Trust: White Woods Primary Academy Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 339 on roll
Free school meals: 25.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2016
Replaced: Swinton Queen Primary School (URN 106879)
Address: Queen Street, Swinton, Mexborough, S64 8NE
Local authority: Rotherham

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