School admissions in Rotherham

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

87 schools. 18 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant SchoolRotherham	1.50	30
Waverley Primary AcademyRotherham	1.47	89
Anston Greenlands Primary SchoolSheffield	1.40	30
Whiston Junior and Infant SchoolRotherham	1.40	30
Aston Fence Junior and Infant SchoolSheffield	1.27	30
Coleridge PrimaryRotherham	1.27	30
Crags Community SchoolRotherham	1.21	43
St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolRotherham	1.20	44
Kimberworth Community Primary SchoolRotherham	1.17	29
Thorpe Hesley Primary SchoolRotherham	1.15	68
Brinsworth Howarth Primary SchoolRotherham	1.13	30
Todwick Primary SchoolSheffield	1.13	30
St Alban's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolRotherham	1.10	30
Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant SchoolRotherham	1.07	30
Maltby Lilly Hall AcademyRotherham	1.05	60
Woodsetts Primary SchoolWorksop	1.04	28
St Gerard's Catholic Primary SchoolRotherham	1.03	30
Wales Primary SchoolSheffield	1.03	30
Anston Brook Primary SchoolSheffield	1.00	12
Brampton Cortonwood Infant SchoolBarnsley	1.00	29
Eastwood Village Primary SchoolRotherham	1.00	20
Foljambe Primary SchoolRotherham	1.00	21
High Greave Infant SchoolRotherham	1.00	23
Highfield Farm Primary SchoolRotherham	1.00	7
Kilnhurst Primary SchoolMexborough	1.00	19
Kilnhurst St Thomas' CofE Primary AcademyMexborough	1.00	25
Maltby Manor AcademyRotherham	1.00	45
Monkwood Primary SchoolRotherham	1.00	45
Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolRotherham	1.00	27
Ravenfield Primary AcademyRotherham	1.00	27
Springwood Primary AcademySheffield	1.00	22
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolRotherham	1.00	30
Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary SchoolMexborough	1.00	31
Swinton Queen Primary SchoolMexborough	1.00	41
Thrybergh Fullerton Church of England Primary AcademyRotherham	1.00	22
Thrybergh Primary SchoolRotherham	1.00	22
Trinity Croft CofE Primary AcademyRotherham	1.00	26
Wath Central Primary SchoolRotherham	1.00	53
Wath Church of England Primary SchoolRotherham	1.00	56
Wath Victoria Primary SchoolRotherham	1.00	21
Thurcroft Infant SchoolROTHERHAM	0.99	68
Sitwell Nursery & Infant SchoolRotherham	0.98	60
Badsley Primary SchoolRotherham	0.98	59
Aston Hall Junior and Infant SchoolSheffield	0.97	40
Bramley Sunnyside Infant SchoolRotherham	0.97	74
Rawmarsh Ryecroft Infant SchoolRotherham	0.97	36
East Dene PrimaryRotherham	0.97	32
Rockingham Junior and Infant SchoolRotherham	0.97	32
Anston Hillcrest Primary SchoolSheffield	0.97	30
Brookfield Primary AcademyMexborough	0.96	28
Brampton Ellis CofE Primary SchoolRotherham	0.96	25
Flanderwell Primary SchoolRotherham	0.96	50
Harthill Primary SchoolSheffield	0.96	25
Roughwood Primary SchoolRotherham	0.96	23
Listerdale Primary AcademyRotherham	0.95	40
Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary SchoolRotherham	0.95	19
Wickersley Northfield Primary SchoolRotherham	0.94	53
Greasbrough Primary SchoolRotherham	0.94	35
Kiveton Park Infant SchoolSheffield	0.94	35
Aston Lodge Primary SchoolSheffield	0.94	17
Wentworth CofE Junior and Infant SchoolRotherham	0.94	16
Thornhill Primary SchoolRotherham	0.94	31
Anston Park Infant SchoolSheffield	0.93	45
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolSheffield	0.93	15
Canklow Woods Primary SchoolRotherham	0.93	29
Swallownest Primary SchoolSheffield	0.93	14
Maltby Redwood AcademyRotherham	0.93	27
Meadow View Primary SchoolRotherham	0.92	24
Aughton Primary AcademySheffield	0.91	11
Bramley Grange Primary SchoolRotherham	0.90	21
Ferham Primary SchoolRotherham	0.90	20
Laughton All Saints' CofE Primary SchoolSheffield	0.90	10
Herringthorpe Infant SchoolRotherham	0.90	77
Dinnington Community Primary SchoolSheffield	0.89	19
Broom Valley Community SchoolRotherham	0.89	56
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolRotherham	0.89	28
Aston All Saints CofE (A) Primary SchoolSheffield	0.89	18
Redscope Primary SchoolRotherham	0.87	46
Brinsworth Whitehill Primary SchoolRotherham	0.87	45
Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary SchoolRotherham	0.87	15
St Ann's Primary SchoolRotherham	0.87	30
Brinsworth Manor Infant SchoolRotherham	0.84	38
Blackburn Primary SchoolRotherham	0.80	15
Laughton Junior and Infant SchoolSheffield	0.79	28
Treeton Church of England Primary SchoolRotherham	0.78	60
St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby)Temporary Number 01709 916973	0.64	28
Catcliffe Primary SchoolRotherham	0.62	29

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

16 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
St Bernard's Catholic High SchoolRotherham	1.74	146
Wath AcademyRotherham	1.49	322
Wingfield AcademyRotherham	1.07	195
Oakwood High SchoolRotherham	1.05	205
Dinnington High SchoolSheffield	1.04	197
Wickersley School and Sports CollegeRotherham	0.99	332
Wales High SchoolSheffield	0.98	277
Maltby AcademyRotherham	0.95	175
Aston AcademySheffield	0.95	210
Brinsworth AcademyRotherham	0.91	225
Winterhill SchoolRotherham	0.90	177
Swinton AcademyMexborough	0.89	117
Rawmarsh Community SchoolRotherham	0.86	173
Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in HumanitiesRotherham	0.85	131
Thrybergh AcademyRotherham	0.77	83
Clifton Community SchoolRotherham	0.68	187