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Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities

  • 11–16Ages
  • 687Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 152056URN

Wath Wood Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7PQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
0.9 above Rotherham median (1.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Rotherham

310 applications for 131 places · 2nd of 16 in Rotherham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.7of 90
14th of 16 in Rotherham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 16 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

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
2.4applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Rotherham median (1.5) close to England median (2.2)

310 applications · 131 places offered · 112 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; Rotherham median median 1.5
  2. 2025 1.9; Rotherham median median 1.4; as the previous school
  3. 2024 2.8; Rotherham median median 1.3; as the previous school
  4. 2023 2.4; Rotherham median median 1.3; as the previous school
  5. 2022 2.1; Rotherham median median 1.2; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.8; Rotherham median median 1.3; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.3; Rotherham median median 1.4; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.4; Rotherham median median 1.3; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.0; Rotherham median median 1.3; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.2; Rotherham median median 1.5; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.1; Rotherham median median 1.4; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.4; Rotherham median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Rotherham median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Rotherham median

Dashed bars: as Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities (URN 106962), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261313102.41120.85
Sep 2025 *1292421.91050.81
Sep 2024 *1263472.81541.22
Sep 2023 *1343212.41821.36
Sep 2022 *1352892.11681.24
Sep 2021 *1322421.81521.15
Sep 2020 *1212792.31601.32
Sep 2019 *1263072.41491.18
Sep 2018 *1292622.01280.99
Sep 2017 *1292832.21391.08
Sep 2016 *1172432.11090.93
Sep 2015 *1212842.41090.90
Sep 2014 *1292572.01110.86

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

136 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.714th of 16 in Rotherham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%13th of 16 in Rotherham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%
  • This school
  • Rotherham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.34
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13639.736%56%–
2024/25 *13743.642%64%–
2023/24 *11844.146%66%−0.34
2022/23 *12942.840%59%−0.25

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

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  • 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
152056 · 372/4601
Trust
St Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
650 pupils · 687 on roll
Free school meals
32.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2025
Replaced
Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities (URN 106962)
Address
Wath Wood Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7PQ
Local authority
Rotherham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources