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Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School

Primary · Rotherham · S62 7HS

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 January 2023

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At a glance

212 pupils · 101% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
15.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
27.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.thorogateschool.co.uk
URN
106910

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.993 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. Ofsted last graded it Good on 11 January 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.993 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.993 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
43%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school43%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Rotherham average60%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolBootle · 67 miles awayGood64%
Linthwaite Ardron CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior and Infant SchoolHuddersfield · 23 miles awayExpected standard72%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, CorshamCorsham · 145 miles awayGood63%
Nutgrove Methodist Primary SchoolSt Helens · 58 miles awayRequires improvement64%
College Road Primary SchoolPlymouth · 245 miles awayGood58%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolRyde · 190 miles awayGood48%
Laceby Acres Primary AcademyGrimsby · 50 miles awayGood72%
Lambton Primary SchoolWashington · 98 miles awayGood38%
Cranleigh Church of England Primary SchoolGuildford · 165 miles awayInadequate21%
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyDukinfield · 30 miles awayGood45%
St James' CofE AcademyBedworth · 69 miles awayExpected standard65%
Longridge Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 57 miles awayExpected standard83%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (Rotherham 74%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Rotherham 1%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Rotherham 4%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Rotherham 1%, England 3%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Rotherham: 2.24 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

80% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,771; 14.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,614
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £59,430; in-year balance +£47,805

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.5%62.3%
Social housing19.8%17.1%
Privately rented7.4%20.5%
Detached houses12.8%22.9%
Flats8.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007780 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£167,500200 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£140,000–£200,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (50)£252,500
Semi-detached (106)£165,000
Terraced (41)£125,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.60 km, 2026 entry): 428 sales, median £162,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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