St Gerard's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Rotherham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021 figure 🔒
St Gerard's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Rotherham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Rotherham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Gerard's Catholic 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 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 26% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Rotherham that have results.
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- 18% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 54% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Rotherham.
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
- Park Nook Doncaster Road, Thrybergh, Rotherham, S65 4AE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Rotherham
- Pupils on roll
- 150 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “The school is a safe and welcoming place to be.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “At social times, they play well together.”
To improve
- “There are some areas of the curriculum where pupils’ knowledge is less detailed.”
- “In some wider curriculum subjects, some of the intended learning is not clearly sequenced.”
- “When this happens, pupils are not supported to build on what they already know by making clear connections to prior learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2025 (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) | 79% | 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.
- Thrybergh Primary School 0.3 mi Good
- Foljambe Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged
- Thrybergh Fullerton Church of England Primary Academy 0.5 mi Good
- Trinity Croft CofE Primary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good
- High Greave Junior School 0.9 mi Standards maintained
- High Greave Infant School 0.9 mi Not judged
- Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School 1.4 mi Good
- East Dene Primary 1.5 mi Good