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Wentworth CofE Junior and Infant School

Primary · Rotherham · S62 7TX

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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 12 January 2023

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At a glance

105 pupils · 94% of 112 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
6.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.wentworthcofe.co.uk
URN
144198

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 16 Reception places, 0.94 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 12 January 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

16 places offered · 15 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
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 school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers73.5%
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
Woolaston Primary SchoolLydney · 132 miles awayGood52%
Upottery Primary SchoolHoniton · 195 miles awayGood82%
Denby Free CofE VA Primary SchoolRipley · 32 miles awayNeeds attention80%
Shoscombe Church SchoolBath · 156 miles awayGood89%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WithnellChorley · 49 miles awayOutstanding71%
Hipsburn Primary SchoolAlnwick · 132 miles awayGood67%
Horbury Bridge Church of England Junior and Infant AcademyWakefield · 14 miles awayGood93%
Sir John Moore Church of England Primary SchoolSwadlincote · 55 miles awayGood50%
Huby Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 43 miles awayGood76%
Bubwith Community Primary SchoolNr Selby · 31 miles awayGood53%
St Oswald's CofE Primary SchoolChester · 64 miles awayNeeds attention78%
Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolStowmarket · 133 miles awayGood50%

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%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Rotherham 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Rotherham 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Rotherham 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Rotherham 4%, England 7%)

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)
7.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.1%
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
21
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

20% of teachers took sickness absence, 1 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 £48,272; 40% 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£6,192
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 3% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 0% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £55,000; in-year balance +£110,000

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier53.9%62.3%
Social housing16.6%17.1%
Privately rented29.5%20.5%
Detached houses32.7%22.9%
Flats3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms20.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007696 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£230,000104 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£189,000–£285,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (28)£354,000
Semi-detached (48)£221,000
Terraced (27)£175,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
9a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
3a rural school averages 0.9

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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