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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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 27 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Some aspects not as strong
- 4 December 2019Graded 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 entry186 applications · 187 places offered · 128 named it first
- 2026 1.0; Rotherham median median 1.5
- 2025 1.0; Rotherham median median 1.4
- 2024 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2023 0.9; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2022 1.1; Rotherham median median 1.2
- 2021 1.0; Rotherham median median 1.3
- 2020 1.0; 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; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; Rotherham median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Rotherham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Rotherham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Rotherham median
Dashed bars: as Clifton Community School (URN 106947), 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 | 187 | 186 | 1.0 | 128 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2025 | 206 | 206 | 1.0 | 139 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2024 | 183 | 204 | 1.1 | 131 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2023 | 247 | 232 | 0.9 | 172 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2022 | 224 | 253 | 1.1 | 190 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2021 | 216 | 210 | 1.0 | 153 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2020 | 189 | 196 | 1.0 | 152 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2019 | 197 | 209 | 1.1 | 152 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2018 | 183 | 183 | 1.0 | 129 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2017 * | 157 | 166 | 1.1 | 111 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2016 * | 158 | 192 | 1.2 | 134 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2015 * | 138 | 209 | 1.5 | 126 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2014 * | 170 | 252 | 1.5 | 139 | 0.82 |
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.) | 210 | 37.0 | 32% | 48% | – |
| 2024/25 | 188 | 29.4 | 18% | 38% | – |
| 2023/24 | 191 | 35.0 | 25% | 44% | −0.44 |
| 2022/23 | 151 | 35.8 | 28% | 46% | −0.28 |
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
- Clifton Community SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSome aspects not as strong20241.0applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · RotherhamGood20242.9applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Rotherham20262.1applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Rotherham20261.5applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · RotherhamRequires significant improvement 20261.3applications per place 34.6Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · Rotherham20261.1applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · RotherhamRemains Good20231.5applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · RotherhamRemains Good20221.3applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · RotherhamGood20232.0applications per place 48.8Attainment 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
- 143545 · 372/4005
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,250 pupils · 1,146 on roll
- Free school meals
- 63.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2017
- Replaced
- Clifton Community School (URN 106947)
- Address
- Middle Lane, Rotherham, S65 2SN
- Local authority
- Rotherham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources