Wales Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Sheffield, Rotherham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wales Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield, Rotherham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 May 2024. Rotherham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Wales 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 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
- In 2026, Reception had 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 17th highest of 87 Rotherham primary schools.
- For Reception in 2026, 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
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
- School Road, Wales, Sheffield, S26 5QG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Rotherham
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Wales Primary School feel safe and supported by the adults around them.”
- “They are polite and respectful towards adults and each other.”
- “Pupils follow the ‘Wales Code’ and are rewarded for demonstrating positive learning behaviours.”
To improve
- “However, the pace of some early reading lessons is inconsistent.”
- “In some lessons, pupils lose concentration.”
- “Some pupils do not become fluent readers as quickly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 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) | 81% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School 0.5 mi Requires improvement
- Kiveton Park Infant School 0.8 mi Good
- Aston Hall Junior and Infant School 1.4 mi Standards maintained
- Todwick Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Aston Lodge Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Aston All Saints CofE (A) Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Harthill Primary School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Springwood Primary Academy 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published