Kimberworth Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Rotherham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kimberworth Community Primary School is a primary school in Rotherham for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 May 2024. Rotherham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Kimberworth Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- At 1.2 first choices per offer for Reception 2026, it ranked 9th highest of 87 Rotherham primary schools.
- Reception 2026 drew 34 first-choice applications for 29 offers; all 29 went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Rotherham.
- At the higher standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% of pupils reached it in 2024/25 (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Rotherham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Kimberworth Road, Kimberworth, Rotherham, S61 1HE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Rotherham
- Pupils on roll
- 246 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 May 2024
Strengths
- “This is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “There is a strong sense of belonging among pupils and staff, who are proud to be part of the Kimberworth family.”
- “Relationships are warm and respectful.”
To improve
- “Leaders are continuing to develop others, such as history and science In history, leaders have included a vast amount of knowledge in the curriculum, but it is unclear which knowledge is the most important.”
- “As a result, pupils can recite many dates and events but are unclear about their relevance and about important concepts such as invasion and power.”
- “However, occasionally there is a lack of consistency in the teaching of reading.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Rotherham.
- Meadow View Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ferham Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Thornhill Primary School 0.7 mi Good
- Redscope Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Roughwood Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Blackburn Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Rockingham Junior and Infant School 1.4 mi Good