Abbey School

State-Funded School

abbey-school-rotherham-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

RotherhamLocal Authority

RotherhamConstituency

S61 2RAPostcode

7.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Abbey School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–19, located in Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 238 pupils. Abbey School is part of Nexus Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.62

Ethnicity

White

89%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

238

Total Pupils

68%Boys

32%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 5 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 238
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Nexus Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Jun 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.