Kelford School

State-Funded School

kelford-school-rotherham-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

RotherhamLocal Authority

RotherhamConstituency

S61 2NUPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Kelford School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 172 pupils. Kelford School is part of Nexus Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

172

Total Pupils

73%Boys

27%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

56%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 172
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less 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.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 22 May 2024. 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
6 Jan 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.