Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Rotherham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Rotherham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant 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 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
- Reception 2026 drew 45 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.5 first choices per offer, the highest of 87 Rotherham primary schools.
- Of the 2026 Reception offers, 26 went to first-choice families and 4 to families who ranked it second or lower; 19 first-choice families (42%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 93% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 30% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The latest Ofsted inspection, on 21 April 2026, gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, from 6 October 2021, was Outstanding.
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
- Hall Close Avenue, Whiston, Rotherham, S60 4AG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Rotherham
- Pupils on roll
- 241 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School.”
- “Their best interests are at the heart of every decision that is made.”
- “Pupils' needs are met effectively.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, some pupils do not articulate their learning as clearly.”
- “This means they cannot showcase their achievements as effectively as in their workbooks.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2026 (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) | 93% | 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: 45 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.
- Whiston Junior and Infant School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sitwell Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Sitwell Nursery & Infant School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Herringthorpe Infant School 1.0 mi Not judged
- Herringthorpe Junior School 1.0 mi Not judged
- Listerdale Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Broom Valley Community School 1.5 mi Good