OFSTED
Latest inspection
16 June 2026
Latest published outcome
Met
Renewed framework
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum & teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance & behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development
Expected standard
Leadership & governance
Expected standard
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
24 January 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
Published
11 March 2024
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Rotherham
Trust
THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
395
389 full-time ·
6 part-time
Female pupils
176
44.6% of pupils
Male pupils
219
55.4% of pupils
10.9 pts
below England
School
13.9%
Rotherham
30.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber
27.7%
England
24.8%
13.0 pts
below England
School
7.3%
Rotherham
13.1%
Yorkshire and The Humber
17.9%
England
20.3%
0.2 pts
below England
School
0.8%
Rotherham
0.2%
Yorkshire and The Humber
0.4%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
2.8%
11
Any other Mixed background
1.8%
7
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
18.2%
72 of
395 pupils
2.6 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
Yorkshire and The Humber
20.9%
SEN support
14.9%
59 pupils
England
14.8%
0.2 pts
above
EHC plans
3.3%
13 pupils
England
6.0%
2.7 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
22
Speech, language & communication
22
Specific learning difficulty
11
Autistic spectrum disorder
8
Moderate learning difficulty
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
4.70%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.52 pts
lower than
England
School
4.70%
Rotherham
6.52%
Yorkshire and The Humber
6.13%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
10.75%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
5.07 pts
lower than
England
School
10.75%
Rotherham
17.17%
Yorkshire and The Humber
15.55%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.98%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.83 pts
lower than
England
School
0.98%
Rotherham
2.07%
Yorkshire and The Humber
1.77%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
94.0%
5.9 pts
above England
Flanderwell Primary School
94.0%
Yorkshire and The Humber
88.6%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.