Maltby Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Rotherham·S66 8AB
Composite score
52.5
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#2,230
National rank
#204
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#11
In Rotherham
Top 70%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
34%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
52%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
3.57

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
167 first choices, 175 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
222
any preference, for 175 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9620230.9720240.9620250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Maltby Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,121
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
33.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,280
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
87%
183 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
76%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Maltby Academy is a secondary school serving Rotherham, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,121 pupils aged 11 to 19 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Maltby Academy 'Good'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 42.0, below the national average of 46. That is down 2.0 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 52% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Maltby Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 167 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 87% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.6%. There are about 17.1 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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