Winterhill School

State-Funded School

winterhill-school-rotherham-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

RotherhamLocal Authority

RotherhamConstituency

S61 2BDPostcode

2.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Winterhill School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 941 pupils. Winterhill School is part of INSPIRE LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 39.3
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 36.8%
EBacc average point score: 3.15

Ethnicity

White

69%

Asian

17%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

941

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

29%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 941
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: INSPIRE LEARNING 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 8 March 2023. 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
20 Feb 2013	Outstanding	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.