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Wath Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 423 pupils Rotherham
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Wath Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Rotherham for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 423 pupils on roll. In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Church of England
Address Barnsley Road
Wath-upon-Dearne
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S63 6PY
Phone 01709760471
Reference Number 143480

General Makeup

Number of pupils 423
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.04%
Girls: 52.96%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.8
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 24 26 50
2 21 29 50
3 24 32 56
4 30 29 59
5 26 34 60
6 32 27 59

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.7%
White & Asian 1.7%
African 1.7%
White, Other 0.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Mixed, Other 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 15 Apr 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
15 Apr 2025 School inspection
25 Feb 2020 School inspection
04 Mar 2017 Academy conversion letter
07 Feb 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Wath CofE (A) Primary School
03 Dec 2008 Full inspection:
05 Oct 2005 Full inspection:
06 Dec 1999 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 76%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 6%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.1
Writing -1.3
Maths 0.4

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 23 0
Third Preference 23 0
From another Local Authority 10 7

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Wath Church of England Primary School had 383 pupils for 420 places. 37 places (8.8%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Wath Primary” planning area

Rotherham counted 247 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 202 in 2029–30, down 18%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 315315420420420420420420
Pupils 291317341397393411393383
Unfilled 7.6%0.0%18.8%5.5%6.4%2.1%6.4%8.8%

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 Wath Church of England Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.7%2.7%2.0%4.2%3.3%3.4%2.9%
Unauthorised absence 1.2%1.3%0.5%1.4%1.7%1.5%1.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.8%0.3%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.3%0.9%

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 Wath Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.50.0
Permanent exclusions 00000000

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 Wath Church of England Primary School had 24.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.411.712.410.610.810.411.210.611.5
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%15.4%7.6%5.5%0.0%2.9%0.0%3.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 40.0%31.3%–28.6%10.0%47.4%15.8%29.4%–
Sick days per teacher 1.71.2–5.00.22.00.32.6–

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, 20.1% of pupils at Wath Church of England 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

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 29 0
Specific learning difficulty 28 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 12 8
Speech, language and communication needs 13 0
Hearing impairment 3 0
Moderate learning difficulty 0 2
Physical disability 0 1

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 Wath Church of England Primary School received £6,221 and spent £6,154 for each of its 409 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £102,000 (£249 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of James Montgomery Academy Trust, income was £6,982 and spending £6,835 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £125,000£79,000£75,000£100,000£58,000£62,000£102,000
per pupil £341£199£179£242£136£152£249
In-year balance -£158,000-£345,000-£134,000£116,000-£66,000-£2,000£27,000
per pupil -£430-£872-£319£280-£156-£5£67

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.

Name Distance
Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Fitzwilliam Street, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7HG
0.39 miles
Wath Central Primary School
Fitzwilliam Street, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7HG
0.41 miles
Highfield Farm Primary School
Stokewell Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 6NF
0.42 miles
Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School
Brampton Road, West Melton, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 6AN
0.61 miles
Wath Victoria Primary School
Sandymount Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7AD
0.83 miles
Brampton Cortonwood Infant School
Chapel Avenue, Brampton Bierlow, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 0XH
1.15 miles
Lacewood Primary School
Carr Head Lane, Bolton-on-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 8DA
1.63 miles
Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School
Broadway, Swinton, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8HF
1.69 miles
Heather Garth Primary School Academy
Billingley View, Bolton-on-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 8ES
1.69 miles
Wombwell Park Street Primary School
Park Street, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 0HS
1.97 miles
Swinton Queen Primary School
Queen Street, Swinton, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8NE
1.98 miles
Highwoods Academy
Highwoods Road, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 9ES
2.06 miles
Carrfield Primary Academy
Highgate Lane, Bolton-on-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 8AL
2.08 miles
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School
Stonyford Road, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 8AF
2.21 miles
Brookfield Primary Academy
Lime Grove, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8TQ
2.24 miles
Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School
Thorogate, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 7HS
2.24 miles
The Ellis Church of England Primary School
School Street, Hemingfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 0PS
2.26 miles
All Saints Academy Darfield
School Street, Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 9EU
2.29 miles
Outwood Primary Academy Darfield
Snape Hill Road, Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 9LT
2.32 miles
Monkwood Primary School
Estate Road, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 7JD
2.41 miles
Name Distance
Wath Academy
Sandygate, Wath-on-Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7NW
0.71 miles
Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities
Wath Wood Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7PQ
1.06 miles
Milton School
Storey Street, Swinton, Mexborough, S64 8QG
1.9 miles
Swinton Academy
East Avenue, Swinton, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8JW
1.95 miles
The Laurel Academy
Maple Road, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 9SD
2.32 miles
Astrea Academy Dearne
Goldthorpe Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 9EW
2.59 miles
Netherwood Academy
Dove Valley Way, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 8FE
2.61 miles
Rawmarsh Community School
Monkwood Road, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 7GA
2.65 miles
The Robert Ogden School
Clayton Lane, Thurnscoe, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S63 0BG
3.5 miles
Kirk Balk Academy
West Street, Hoyland, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S74 9HX
3.98 miles
Wingfield Academy
Wingfield Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 4AU
4.03 miles
Thrybergh Academy
Park Lane, Thrybergh, Rotherham, S65 4BP
4.34 miles
West Riding Academy
Ardsley Road, Barnsley, S70 4RG
4.45 miles
Barnsley Academy
Farm Road, Kendray, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 3DL
4.69 miles
Pennine View School
Old Road, Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 3LR
4.72 miles
De Warenne Academy
Gardens Lane, Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 3JY
4.89 miles
Clifton Community School
Middle Lane, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 2SN
4.98 miles
RNN Group
Town Centre Campus, Eastwood Lane, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 1EG
4.99 miles

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Wath Church of England Primary School is part of James Montgomery Academy Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Wath Church of England Primary School have?

Wath Church of England Primary School has 423 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wath Church of England Primary School cover?

Wath Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Wath Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wath Church of England Primary School?

Wath Church of England Primary School is at Barnsley Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 6PY.

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