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Ravenfield Primary Academy

Primary · Rotherham · S65 4LZ

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 19 April 2023

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At a glance

201 pupils · 84% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.ravenfieldprimaryacademy.com
URN
141731

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 19 April 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 27 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
Rotherham average60%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Freckleton Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 69 miles awayGood92%
St John's CofE Primary SchoolWetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent · 43 miles awayGood40%
Preston Grange Primary SchoolNorth Shields · 110 miles awayGood72%
Challock Primary SchoolAshford · 179 miles awayOutstanding67%
Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary SchoolReading · 141 miles awayGood50%
St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary SchoolLancaster · 75 miles awayGood64%
Ley Hill SchoolChesham · 123 miles awayGood66%
Broadbent Fold Primary School and NurseryDukinfield · 32 miles awayGood77%
Cam Hopton Church of England Primary SchoolDursley · 129 miles awayNo current grade57%
Eagley Junior SchoolBolton · 49 miles awayGood70%
Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary SchoolChorley · 58 miles awayGood71%
Springvale Primary SchoolBarnsley · 15 miles awayGood80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 91% (Rotherham 74%, England 60%) · Not recorded 2% (Rotherham 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Rotherham 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Rotherham 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Rotherham 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.57 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
19.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.4 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 £50,503; 18.2% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,299
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance -£182,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84%62.3%
Social housing7.3%17.1%
Privately rented8.7%20.5%
Detached houses52.4%22.9%
Flats4.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007691 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£302,000108 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£230,000–£402,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (69)£385,000
Semi-detached (26)£224,000
Terraced (11)£218,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

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