Wingfield Academy

Wingfield Academy is a school that is performing strongly overall, with pupils making excellent progress from their starting points and consistently achieving better than their peers nationally. Disadvantaged pupils in particular often outperform their peers nationally, and pupils with SEND achieve well. Behaviour is excellent, attendance has improved rapidly, and the school has a warm, inclusive culture where pupils feel safe and a strong sense of belonging. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, and teaching is consistently strong across subjects, underpinned by an evidence-informed model that is applied consistently. Safeguarding standards are met.

Strengths

• Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, make excellent progress from their starting points.
• Disadvantaged pupils' progress is well above national averages in published data.
• Pupils' behaviour is excellent, with clear routines and consistent implementation by staff.
• Attendance has improved rapidly, with a notable reduction in persistent absenteeism.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well planned and sequenced, with effective adaptations for pupils with additional needs.
• Teaching is consistently strong, with excellent subject knowledge and regular checking of learning.
• The school has a strong inclusive culture where pupils feel safe and a real sense of belonging.
• Pupils are well prepared for their next steps, with a high proportion moving on to further education and employment.
• Personal development is coherent and appropriate, with a wide range of enrichment and leadership opportunities.
• Leaders, including governance, have a detailed understanding of the school and are committed to continuous improvement.
• Staff are proud to work at the school and value the professional learning programme.
• Pastoral support is effective, tailored and responsive.

Areas for Improvement

• The personal development programme needs further development to be more carefully tailored to the context and aspirations of pupils.
• The planned programme of trips and visits to enhance pupils' knowledge and understanding of life beyond the local area is still being developed.

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 Wingfield Academy attended 91.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 10.0% of pupils at Wingfield Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 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 Wingfield Academy had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 22.6% of pupils at Wingfield Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Wingfield Academy received £8,703 and spent £9,083 for each of its 1,015 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £629,000 (£620 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of New Collaborative Learning Trust, income was £7,407 and spending £7,525 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Rotherham · Rotherham local authority: places and applications

Wingfield Academy is part of New Collaborative Learning Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Redscope Primary School Rotherham
• Thorpe Hesley Primary School Rotherham
• Brinsworth Academy Rotherham
• Anston Greenlands Primary School Sheffield
• Dinnington High School Sheffield
• New College Doncaster Doncaster
• New College Pontefract Pontefract
• New College Bradford Bradford

What is Wingfield Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wingfield Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Wingfield Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Wingfield Academy was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Wingfield Academy have?

Wingfield Academy has 990 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wingfield Academy cover?

Wingfield Academy for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Wingfield Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 50.1, and 52% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Wingfield Academy?

Wingfield Academy is at Wingfield Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 4AU.