Ferham Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Rotherham·S61 1AP
Composite score
8.5
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#14,761
National rank
#1589
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#83
In Rotherham
Top 100%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
13%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
96.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
95.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
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, 20 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
25
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920221.0020231.0020241.0020250.902026

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

Every child who put Ferham 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
224
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
74.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
80.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
25.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
14.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
57.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,283
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Ferham Primary School

Ferham Primary School is a primary school in Rotherham, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 224 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. 13% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on 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 96 in reading and 95 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ferham Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 14.1%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 74% 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. Ferham 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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