Listerdale Primary Academy

Listerdale Junior Academy is performing well, maintaining a good standard across various domains such as education quality, behaviour, and leadership. The school fosters an inclusive environment where pupils of all backgrounds thrive, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). There is a strong emphasis on both academic achievement and personal development, highlighted by a variety of extracurricular activities that engage students. Parents generally appreciate the school’s direction, despite some expressing concerns about recent decisions made by the trust.

Strengths

• Pupils with SEND thrive in an inclusive environment.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and extracurricular activities.
• High ambitions for every pupil with improved academic rigour.
• Effective teaching of early reading and mathematics.
• Pupils achieve well, particularly in reading and mathematics.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers' subject knowledge is inconsistent, affecting lesson clarity.
• Some assessment systems are not fully effective in all subjects.

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 Listerdale Primary Academy attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.3% 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 Listerdale Primary Academy 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 Listerdale Primary Academy had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.5% 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, 8.9% of pupils at Listerdale Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 2024–25 Listerdale Primary Academy received £6,323 and spent £6,316 for each of its 358 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £43,000 (-£119 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Aston Community Education Trust, income was £7,762 and spending £7,726 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

Listerdale Primary Academy is part of Aston Community Education Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Thurcroft Junior Academy Rotherham
• Aughton Primary Academy Sheffield
• Springwood Primary Academy Sheffield
• Aston Academy Sheffield
• Waverley Primary Academy Rotherham
• Brookfield Primary Academy Mexborough
• Swinton Academy Mexborough
• Lowedges Primary Academy Sheffield
• Langwith Bassett Primary Academy Mansfield
• Shirebrook Academy Mansfield

What is Listerdale Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Listerdale Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Listerdale Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Listerdale Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Listerdale Primary Academy have?

Listerdale Primary Academy has 361 pupils on roll.

What age range does Listerdale Primary Academy cover?

Listerdale Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Listerdale Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Listerdale Primary Academy?

Listerdale Primary Academy is at Beech Avenue, Brecks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 3HN.