Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Rotherham·S62 5LH
Composite score
35.1
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#12,326
National rank
#1293
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#60
In Rotherham
Top 83%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

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
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
18 first choices, 19 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
37
any preference, for 19 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020240.9520250.952026

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

Every child who put Rawmarsh Sandhill 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
203
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
44.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
25.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
33.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,512
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School is a primary school serving Rotherham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 203 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 18 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 44% 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. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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