Roughwood Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Rotherham·S61 3HL
Composite score
52.6
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#6,317
National rank
#624
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#31
In Rotherham
Top 43%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
81%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 23 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020240.9620250.962026

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

Every child who put Roughwood Primary School 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
267
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
46.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,049
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Roughwood Primary School at a glance

Located in Rotherham, Roughwood Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 267 pupils aged 2 to 11. 81% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 43% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Roughwood Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 26.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Roughwood Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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