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Crags Community School

2–11Ages
409Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143481URN

Strauss Crescent, Maltby, Rotherham, S66 7QJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

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

63 applications for 43 places · 64th of 82 in Rotherham

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

46%met the expected standard

Rotherham 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 27 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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)

63 applications · 43 places offered · 52 named it first

2026 1.5; Rotherham median median 1.8
2025 1.2; Rotherham median median 1.7
2024 1.0; Rotherham median median 1.7
2023 1.3; Rotherham median median 1.6
2022 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.7
2021 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.6
2020 0.9; Rotherham median median 1.6
2019 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.7; as the previous school
2018 1.2; Rotherham median median 1.7; as the previous school
2017 1.3; Rotherham median median 1.9; as the previous school
2016 1.3; Rotherham median median 2.0; as the previous school
2015 1.3; Rotherham median median 2.3; as the previous school
2014 1.4; Rotherham median median 2.1; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Rotherham median in 0 of 7 years.

This school
Rotherham median

Dashed bars: as Crags Community School (URN 106870), Maltby Crags Junior School (URN 106869), 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	43	63	1.5	52	1.21
Sep 2025	37	44	1.2	37	1.00
Sep 2024	28	29	1.0	27	0.96
Sep 2023	44	57	1.3	44	1.00
Sep 2022	44	48	1.1	43	0.98
Sep 2021	44	47	1.1	43	0.98
Sep 2020	53	49	0.9	43	0.81
Sep 2019 *	48	54	1.1	48	1.00
Sep 2018 *	48	57	1.2	48	1.00
Sep 2017 *	47	60	1.3	47	1.00
Sep 2016 *	52	66	1.3	52	1.00
Sep 2015 *	52	68	1.3	51	0.98
Sep 2014 *	60	84	1.4	59	0.98

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 63% · Writing 58% · Maths 69% → all three 46% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard46%67th of 84 in Rotherham

Rotherham 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard63%

Rotherham 75% England 78%

Higher standard8%

Rotherham 26% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard58%

Rotherham 75% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Rotherham 8% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard69%

Rotherham 75% England 77%

Higher standard13%

Rotherham 21% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	46%	0%	101	102
2023/24	51%	0%	101	103
2022/23	39%	0%	101	101

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

Crags Community SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

1.5applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby)
0.3 km · Rotherham

Good2022

0.9applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
Maltby Manor Academy
1.1 km · Rotherham

Remains Good2023

1.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Maltby Lilly Hall Academy
1.8 km · Rotherham

2026

1.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Maltby Redwood Academy
2.4 km · Rotherham

Good2022

2.2applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Laughton All Saints' CofE Primary School
4.2 km · Rotherham

Requires improvement2024

2.8applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Laughton Junior and Infant School
4.5 km · Rotherham

Good2023

1.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Bramley Grange Primary School
4.9 km · Rotherham

2026

1.7applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Thurcroft Junior Academy
5.3 km · Rotherham

Graded · no overall grade2025

76%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143481 · 372/2063
Trust: Nexus Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 483 pupils · 409 on roll
Free school meals: 65.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2019
Replaced: Crags Community School (URN 106870); Maltby Crags Junior School (URN 106869)
Address: Strauss Crescent, Maltby, Rotherham, S66 7QJ
Local authority: Rotherham

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