Wickersley School and Sports College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Rotherham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wickersley School and Sports College is a secondary school in Rotherham for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2023. Rotherham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Wickersley School and Sports College 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Rotherham.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 329 first-choice applications for 332 offers; 307 offers went to first-choice families and 22 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 17.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Rotherham is 32.8%.
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
- Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham, S66 1JL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Rotherham
- Pupils on roll
- 1,984 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 November 2023
Strengths
- “In response to this, the school has implemented plans to address weaknesses in the curriculum.”
- “As a result, pupils are now benefiting from a curriculum that is helping them to know and remember more of what they have been taught.”
- “All pupils benefit from this, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “Some pupils have not achieved well in end of key stage assessments.”
- “A small number of pupils cannot read fluently when they join the school.”
- “Leaders have not ensured that they receive the support to develop their phonics knowledge, to help them catch up quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 329 first-preference applications, 332 offers in total, 307 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Rotherham.
- St Bernard's Catholic High School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Thrybergh Academy 2.2 mi Requires improvement
- Maltby Academy 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Clifton Community School 2.8 mi Some aspects not as strong
- Oakwood High School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Aston Academy 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Rawmarsh Community School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Dinnington High School 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published