Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School

Rothwell St Mary’s RC Primary School is performing exceptionally well, maintaining an outstanding rating across all inspection categories. The school has a strong culture of reverence, resilience, and respect, with high expectations for pupil achievement both academically and personally. Notably, the school has not had a routine inspection since April 2013, marking this as an important assessment following that prolonged period. Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the school has thrived, demonstrating effective leadership and management throughout.

Strengths

• Exceptional pupil behaviour and attitudes towards learning.
• Well-planned and sequenced curriculum that enhances learning.
• Strong focus on personal development and building leadership skills.
• Effective reading curriculum and phonics program.
• Strong provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• High attendance significantly above national levels.
• Wide range of extra-curricular activities available for all pupils.
• Strong relationships between staff, pupils, and parents.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School attended 96.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.7% of pupils at Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School received £6,815 and spent £6,806 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £99,000 (£470 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School have?

Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School has 211 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School cover?

Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School?

Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School is at Royds Lane, Rothwell, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 0BJ.