Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities
Secondary · Rotherham · S63 7PQ
Data updated
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.
Inspected 16 April 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
687 pupils · 106% of 650 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 32% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 152056
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 112 families named it first for 131 Year 7 places, 0.85 first choices per place. We hold one Year 7 admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 16 April 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.85 first-choice applications per place131 places offered · 112 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Category 7
- 4.333 miles
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Rotherham school admissions · the wider Rotherham authority
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 82% (Rotherham 75%, England 59%) · Any other White background 7% (Rotherham 4%, England 7%) · Black African 3% (Rotherham 3%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Rotherham 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Rotherham 1%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Rotherham 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Rotherham 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Rotherham 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Rotherham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Rotherham 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,123; 10.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 25.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 24.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 27.8% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 25.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 44% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 58.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 26.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 15.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 39.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 17.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 23.1% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 21.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007816 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £218,000162 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £169,000–£275,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper 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
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 7an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3an 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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