Winterhill School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Rotherham
High Street, Rotherham, S61 2BD
58
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.2%
34.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
941
Capacity used
Has space72%
1,300 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
140 of 140 families who put it first got an offer
160
Places offered
221
Total applications
1.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 140 | 140 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 63 | 13 | ● 21% |
| 3rd preference | 18 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 221 | 153 | 69% |
1st preference success by year
Rotherham lets families list 3 preferences. 19 applications came from outside the council area (8 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Andrew Reeder
- Address
- High Street, Kimberworth, Rotherham, S61 2BD
- Phone
- 01709740232
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Ward / constituency
- Rotherham West · Rotherham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141853
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 47% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 29% | — | — |
| SEN support | 23% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: INSPIRE LEARNING TRUST
941 pupils · 1,300 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
08 March 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 973 pupils
Attendance
89.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
34.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 40.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.05 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 37% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 55% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.14 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 36.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 58.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 6.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.15 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 155 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 155 | 14% | 39% | 61% | |
| English Literature | 155 | 15% | 48% | 63% | |
| Mathematics | 154 | 19% | 40% | 61% | |
| History | 84 | 10% | 26% | 45% | |
| Biology | 77 | 17% | 56% | 87% | |
| Chemistry | 77 | 22% | 55% | 79% | |
| Physics | 76 | 22% | 55% | 74% | |
| Combined Science | 76 | 0% | 0% | 9% | |
| Art and Design | 54 | 24% | 74% | 87% | |
| Geography | 49 | 10% | 33% | 37% | |
| Business | 34 | 9% | 32% | 50% | |
| Social Studies | 20 | 5% | 30% | 40% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Rotherham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.