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Schools in Rotherham

125 schools in the Rotherham local authority.

Schools

125

Open schools

Pupils

44,886

2025–26 census

Good or better

85%

87 of 102 graded

Academic Performance

4.2

out of 10 · 117 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
7 7%
Good
80 78%
Requires improvement
13 13%
Inadequate
2 2%
18 inspected since 2024, no overall grade14 superseded by a report card5 not judged2 in a category of concern2 safeguarding not effective
4.2
Academic Performance

Averaged over 117 of 125 schools that can be scored

Pupils

44,886

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 124 of 125 schools (44,886 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
80%
Asian
9%
Black
4%
Mixed
4%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
1%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 123 of 125 schools (44,794 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
30.1%

13,473 of 44,794 pupils · 123 of 125 schools

First language not English
13.1%

5,875 of 44,794 pupils · 123 of 125 schools

Young carers
<1%

87 of 44,339 pupils · 120 of 125 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
96
Secondary
16
Special
8
Nursery
3
PRU
1
Not recorded
1

Top primary schools in Rotherham

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Rotherham

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 125 schools in Rotherham — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Rotherham

How many schools are there in Rotherham?
Rotherham has 125 open schools — 96 primary, 16 secondary, 8 special, 3 nursery, teaching 44,886 pupils in total.
How many schools in Rotherham are rated Good or Outstanding?
87 of the 102 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 85% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 7 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 125: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Rotherham?
4.2 out of 10, averaged across the 117 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Rotherham schools have no Ofsted rating?
23 schools in Rotherham currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Rotherham local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Rotherham covers 125 schools and sits in the Yorkshire and The Humber region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Rotherham are eligible for free school meals?
30.1% — 13,473 of 44,794 pupils at the 123 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the Yorkshire and The Humber region.