Greasbrough Primary School

Greasbrough Primary School demonstrates strong performance in key areas, with pupils achieving well in English and mathematics, consistently meeting or exceeding national averages. The school has a positive culture of safeguarding, ensuring that pupils feel safe and valued. Notable strengths include effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs, resulting in impressive outcomes in assessments. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly regarding the depth of understanding in the wider curriculum and the consistency of teaching across all subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well in English and mathematics, often exceeding national averages.
• Disadvantaged pupils perform as well as or better than their peers.
• Effective support systems are in place for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Attendance rates are improving and align with the national average.
• Strong personal development program that promotes health and wellbeing.

Areas for Improvement

• Learning across the wider curriculum is variable and lacks depth.
• Some teaching tasks do not align well with pupils' existing knowledge.

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 Greasbrough Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.3% 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, 3.4% of pupils at Greasbrough 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 Greasbrough Primary School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 46.9% 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, 22.9% of pupils at Greasbrough Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Greasbrough Primary School received £6,552 and spent £7,249 for each of its 254 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £269,000 (£1,061 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Willow Tree Academy, income was £6,949 and spending £6,920 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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Greasbrough Primary School is part of Willow Tree Academy, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Rockingham Junior and Infant School Rotherham
• Roughwood Primary School Rotherham
• Herringthorpe Junior School Rotherham

What is Greasbrough Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greasbrough Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Greasbrough Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greasbrough Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Greasbrough Primary School have?

Greasbrough Primary School has 271 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greasbrough Primary School cover?

Greasbrough Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Greasbrough Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greasbrough Primary School?

Greasbrough Primary School is at Munsbrough Rise, Greasbrough, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 4RB.