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State secondary schools in Rotherham

16 schools · Yorkshire and the Humber · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Rotherham has 16 state secondaries, 8 of them with sixth forms. 92.4% of families got their first choice last year, better than most of England. Results run from 13% to 55.7% passing English and maths, a spread of 43 points, with a middle school at 41.3%, below England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 9 Good, 4 Requires improvement. 3 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

16 schools in Rotherham. Tap one, or see the full list.
13% 56% passed English & maths

Rotherham against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

39%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

6.7% below England

England 45%

41.8

Attainment 8 average score

4.3 below England

England 46.1

24%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

2.4% above England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Rotherham

92.4%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

97.3%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

41%

Appeals upheld64 of 155 heard

These are figures for Rotherham as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Rotherham's 16 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 13% to 56%. That is a spread of 43 percentage points, about typical.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Rotherham schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

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  1. 1 Oakwood High School Rotherham · 32 entries 69%
  2. 2 Wales High School Sheffield · 46 entries 59%
  3. 3 Aston Academy Sheffield · 35 entries 40%
  4. 4 St Bernard's Catholic High School Rotherham · 37 entries 38%
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Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

2 of 15 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

  • Aston Academy Sheffield · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    45%
    Attainment 8
    44.2
    Absence
    27%
  • Brinsworth Academy Rotherham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    39%
    Attainment 8
    44.5
    Absence
    24%
  • Clifton Community School Rotherham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    18%
    Attainment 8
    29.4
    Absence
    34%
  • Dinnington High School Sheffield · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    39%
    Attainment 8
    42.3
    Absence
    27%
  • Maltby Academy Rotherham · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    42
    Absence
    29%
  • Oakwood High School Rotherham · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    38%
    Attainment 8
    47.5
    Absence
    20%
  • Rawmarsh Community School Rotherham · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    36%
    Attainment 8
    38.8
    Absence
    23%
  • Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities Rotherham · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    42%
    Attainment 8
    43.6
    Absence
    —
  • St Bernard's Catholic High School Rotherham · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    43%
    Attainment 8
    48.9
    Absence
    14%
  • Swinton Academy Mexborough · Good.
    Eng & maths
    42%
    Attainment 8
    41.1
    Absence
    31%
  • Thrybergh Academy Rotherham · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    13%
    Attainment 8
    28.8
    Absence
    42%
  • Wales High School Sheffield · Good.
    Eng & maths
    41%
    Attainment 8
    45.3
    Absence
    22%
  • Wath Academy Rotherham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    45%
    Attainment 8
    47.8
    Absence
    19%
  • Wickersley School and Sports College Rotherham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    56%
    Attainment 8
    49
    Absence
    16%
  • Wingfield Academy Rotherham · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    50%
    Attainment 8
    47
    Absence
    23%
  • Winterhill School Rotherham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    37%
    Attainment 8
    39.3
    Absence
    30%

Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Rotherham

8 of Rotherham's 8 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Rotherham

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Barnsley 11 schools · 45% passed English & mathsDerbyshire 45 schools · 43% passed English & mathsDoncaster 20 schools · 44% passed English & mathsNottinghamshire 44 schools · 47% passed English & mathsSheffield 29 schools · 42% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.