Highfield Farm Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Rotherham·S63 6NF
Composite score
27.3
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#13,785
National rank
#1465
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#74
In Rotherham
Top 93%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
42%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
7 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
17
any preference, for 7 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.50
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20220.8820231.0020240.5020251.002026

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

Every child who put Highfield Farm 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
84
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
59.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
11.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,357
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Highfield Farm Primary School at a glance

Located in Rotherham, Highfield Farm Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 84 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 42% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 1.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Highfield Farm Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 7 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 21.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 59% 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. Highfield Farm 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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