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Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 313 pupils Mexborough
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Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School is an academy converter in Mexborough for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 313 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 Does not apply
Address Broadway
Swinton
Mexborough
South Yorkshire
S64 8HF
Phone 01709874418
Reference Number 143652

General Makeup

Number of pupils 313
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.72%
Girls: 47.28%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 20.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 24 14 38
2 30 12 42
3 17 26 43
4 24 22 46
5 22 24 46
6 21 24 45

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 86.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.2%
White, Other 2.2%
African 1.9%
White & Black (African) 1.6%
White & Asian 1.3%
Chinese 1%
Mixed, Other 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 14 Jan 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
14 Jan 2025 School inspection
09 Apr 2019 Short inspection
10 Nov 2016 Academy conversion letter
10 Feb 2015 Full inspection:
Previously as Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School
01 Jul 2013 Monitoring visit
14 Mar 2013 Full inspection:
02 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
10 Jun 2008 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 11%

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 104
Maths 105

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 -0.2
Writing -0.2
Maths -2

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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 19 0
Third Preference 8 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School had 302 pupils for 315 places. 13 places (4.1%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Swinton Primary” planning area

Rotherham counted 183 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 162 in 2029–30, down 11%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 315315315315315315315315
Pupils 314319310301299301307302
Unfilled 0.3%0.0%1.6%4.4%5.1%4.4%2.5%4.1%

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 Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.8%2.5%2.1%4.3%3.3%3.2%3.3%
Unauthorised absence 1.3%1.6%1.2%2.4%2.2%1.8%1.6%
Severely absent pupils 1.1%0.7%0.7%0.8%0.0%0.0%1.5%

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 Swinton Fitzwilliam 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 3.30.30.30.00.00.00.00.0
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 Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School had 24.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.312.912.913.214.014.113.911.613.813.8
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%11.7%5.6%6.1%0.0%12.1%0.0%12.5%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –45.0%29.4%–35.7%40.0%53.3%68.8%57.1%–
Sick days per teacher –1.66.6–2.110.72.62.15.2–

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, 17.9% of pupils at Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 16 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 17 0
Speech, language and communication needs 13 3
Social, emotional and mental health 5 3
Hearing impairment 2 1
Multi-sensory impairment 0 1
Physical disability 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School received £6,273 and spent £5,944 for each of its 322 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £401,000 (£1,247 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of White Woods Primary Academy Trust, income was £6,728 and spending £6,451 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £143,000£190,000£280,000£351,000£397,000£279,000£401,000
per pupil £422£574£892£1,129£1,218£869£1,247
In-year balance -£65,000£133,000£94,000£202,000£31,000-£126,000£106,000
per pupil -£192£402£299£651£95-£391£329

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
Brookfield Primary Academy
Lime Grove, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8TQ
0.68 miles
Swinton Queen Primary School
Queen Street, Swinton, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8NE
0.73 miles
Kilnhurst St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy
Meadow View Road, Kilnhurst, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 5UA
0.94 miles
Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School
Thorogate, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 7HS
1.09 miles
Wath Victoria Primary School
Sandymount Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7AD
1.16 miles
Rawmarsh Rosehill Junior School
Kilnhurst Road, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 5QH
1.21 miles
Rawmarsh Ryecroft Infant School
South Street, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 5QW
1.23 miles
Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School
Kilnhurst Road, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 5LH
1.26 miles
Wath Central Primary School
Fitzwilliam Street, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7HG
1.28 miles
Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Fitzwilliam Street, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7HG
1.31 miles
Highwoods Academy
Highwoods Road, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 9ES
1.46 miles
Monkwood Primary School
Estate Road, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 7JD
1.46 miles
Kilnhurst Primary School
Hooton Road, Kilnhurst, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 5TA
1.5 miles
Wath Church of England Primary School
Barnsley Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 6PY
1.69 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Green Lane, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 6JY
1.76 miles
Rawmarsh Nursery School
Barbers Crescent, Rotherham, S62 6AD
1.8 miles
Montagu Academy
Park Road, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 9PH
1.83 miles
Highfield Farm Primary School
Stokewell Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 6NF
1.99 miles
Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School
Brampton Road, West Melton, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 6AN
2.04 miles
Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary School
Sedgefield Way, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 0BE
2.12 miles
Name Distance
Swinton Academy
East Avenue, Swinton, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8JW
0.28 miles
Milton School
Storey Street, Swinton, Mexborough, S64 8QG
0.58 miles
Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities
Wath Wood Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 7PQ
0.64 miles
Wath Academy
Sandygate, Wath-on-Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7NW
0.98 miles
Rawmarsh Community School
Monkwood Road, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 7GA
1.57 miles
The Laurel Academy
Maple Road, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 9SD
1.78 miles
Thrybergh Academy
Park Lane, Thrybergh, Rotherham, S65 4BP
2.67 miles
Astrea Academy Dearne
Goldthorpe Road, Goldthorpe, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 9EW
3.18 miles
Pennine View School
Old Road, Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 3LR
3.34 miles
Wingfield Academy
Wingfield Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 4AU
3.37 miles
De Warenne Academy
Gardens Lane, Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 3JY
3.64 miles
Clifton Community School
Middle Lane, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 2SN
3.64 miles
RNN Group
Town Centre Campus, Eastwood Lane, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 1EG
3.79 miles
St Bernard's Catholic High School
Herringthorpe Valley Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 3BE
4.22 miles
Netherwood Academy
Dove Valley Way, Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S73 8FE
4.29 miles
Winterhill School
High Street, Kimberworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 2BD
4.53 miles
Thomas Rotherham College
Moorgate Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2BE
4.61 miles
The Robert Ogden School
Clayton Lane, Thurnscoe, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S63 0BG
4.63 miles
Abbey School
Little Common Lane, Kimberworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 2RA
4.66 miles
Kelford School
Oakdale Road, Kimberworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S61 2NU
4.74 miles

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Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School is part of White Woods Primary Academy Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School have?

Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School has 313 pupils on roll.

What age range does Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School cover?

Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

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

Where is Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School?

Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School is at Broadway, Swinton, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8HF.

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