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125 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Rotherham has 125 state schools: 96 primary, 16 secondary, 3 nursery. Between them they teach around 43,721 pupils. 99 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.4 out of 10, and 6 score 8 or above.

16 have a sixth form. 76 take children from age three or under. 19 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Mexborough 13 schools Worksop 27 schools
Abbey School Rotherham · Outstanding Anston Brook Primary School Sheffield · Good Anston Greenlands Primary School Sheffield · Good Anston Hillcrest Primary School Sheffield · Not judged Anston Park Infant School Sheffield · Good Anston Park Junior School Sheffield · Requires improvement Arnold Nursery School Rotherham · Not judged Aston Academy Sheffield · Requires improvement Aston All Saints CofE (A) Primary School Sheffield · Good Aston Fence Junior and Infant School Sheffield · Outstanding Aston Hall Junior and Infant School Sheffield · Good Aston Lodge Primary School Sheffield · Good Aughton Early Years Centre Sheffield · Good Aughton Primary Academy Sheffield · Good Badsley Primary School Rotherham · Not judged Blackburn Primary School Rotherham · Good Bramley Grange Primary School Rotherham · Requires improvement Bramley Sunnyside Infant School Rotherham · Not judged Bramley Sunnyside Junior School ROTHERHAM · Good Brampton Cortonwood Infant School Barnsley · Good Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School Rotherham · Good Brinsworth Academy Rotherham · Good Brinsworth Howarth Primary School Rotherham · Good Brinsworth Manor Infant School Rotherham · Inadequate Brinsworth Manor Junior School Rotherham · Good Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School Rotherham · Good Brookfield Primary Academy Mexborough · Good Broom Valley Community School Rotherham · Good Canklow Woods Primary School Rotherham · Not judged Catcliffe Primary School Rotherham · Good Clifton Community School Rotherham · Good Coleridge Primary Rotherham · Outstanding Crags Community School Rotherham · Requires improvement Dinnington Community Primary School Sheffield · Requires improvement Dinnington High School Sheffield · Requires improvement East Dene Primary Rotherham · Good Eastwood Village Primary School Rotherham · Good Elements Academy Sheffield · Not judged Ferham Primary School Rotherham · Not judged Flanderwell Primary School Rotherham · Outstanding Foljambe Primary School Rotherham · Not judged Greasbrough Primary School Rotherham · Good Harthill Primary School Sheffield · Not judged Herringthorpe Infant School Rotherham · Not judged Herringthorpe Junior School Rotherham · Not judged High Greave Infant School Rotherham · Not judged High Greave Junior School Rotherham · Good Highfield Farm Primary School Rotherham · Requires improvement Hilltop School Rotherham · Good Kelford School Rotherham · Good Kilnhurst Primary School Mexborough · Good Kilnhurst St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy Mexborough · Good Kimberworth Community Primary School Rotherham · Good Kiveton Park Infant School Sheffield · Good Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School Sheffield · Requires improvement Laughton All Saints' CofE Primary School Sheffield · Requires improvement Laughton Junior and Infant School Sheffield · Good Listerdale Primary Academy Rotherham · Good Maltby Academy Rotherham · Good Maltby Lilly Hall Academy Rotherham · Good Maltby Manor Academy Rotherham · Good Maltby Redwood Academy Rotherham · Good Meadow View Primary School Rotherham · Not judged Milton School Mexborough · Inadequate Monkwood Primary School Rotherham · Good Newman School Rotherham · Requires improvement Oakwood High School Rotherham · Good Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Rotherham · Good RNN Group Rotherham · Good ROTHERHAM OPPORTUNITIES COLLEGE Rotherham · Good Ravenfield Primary Academy Rotherham · Good Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School Rotherham · Requires improvement Rawmarsh Community School Rotherham · Good Rawmarsh Nursery School Rotherham · Outstanding Rawmarsh Rosehill Junior School Rotherham · Not judged Rawmarsh Ryecroft Infant School Rotherham · Good Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School Rotherham · Good Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School Rotherham · Good Redscope Primary School Rotherham · Good Rockingham Junior and Infant School Rotherham · Good Roughwood Primary School Rotherham · Good Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities Rotherham · Requires improvement Sitwell Junior School Rotherham · Good Sitwell Nursery & Infant School Rotherham · Not judged Springwood Primary Academy Sheffield · Not judged St Alban's CofE (Aided) Primary School Rotherham · Good St Ann's Primary School Rotherham · Good St Bede's Catholic Primary School Rotherham · Not judged St Bernard's Catholic High School Rotherham · Good St Gerard's Catholic Primary School Rotherham · Not judged St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Rotherham · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Sheffield · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School Rotherham · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby) Rotherham · Good Swallownest Primary School Sheffield · Good Swinton Academy Mexborough · Good Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School Mexborough · Good Swinton Queen Primary School Mexborough · Good The Willows School Rotherham · Good Thomas Rotherham College Rotherham · Outstanding Thornhill Primary School Rotherham · Good Thorpe Hesley Primary School Rotherham · Outstanding Thrybergh Academy Rotherham · Requires improvement Thrybergh Fullerton Church of England Primary Academy Rotherham · Good Thrybergh Primary School Rotherham · Good Thurcroft Infant School ROTHERHAM · Not judged Thurcroft Junior Academy Rotherham · Not judged Todwick Primary School Sheffield · Good Treeton Church of England Primary School Rotherham · Good Trinity Croft CofE Primary Academy Rotherham · Good Wales High School Sheffield · Good Wales Primary School Sheffield · Good Wath Academy Rotherham · Good Wath Central Primary School Rotherham · Good Wath Church of England Primary School Rotherham · Good Wath Victoria Primary School Rotherham · Good Waverley Primary Academy Rotherham · Good Wentworth CofE Junior and Infant School Rotherham · Good Whiston Junior and Infant School Rotherham · Not judged Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School Rotherham · Outstanding Wickersley Northfield Primary School Rotherham · Good Wickersley School and Sports College Rotherham · Good Wingfield Academy Rotherham · Good Winterhill School Rotherham · Good Woodsetts Primary School Worksop · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Catcliffe Primary School Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby) Good · ×0.64 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Clifton Community School Good · ×0.68 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Treeton Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.78 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Laughton Junior and Infant School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Blackburn Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Rawmarsh Community School Good · ×0.86 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Redscope Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Ann's Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Rotherham

Primary schools: LA confirms catchment area information exists per school; only 19 of ~122 schools follow the LA default (mostly academies). (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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