Waverley Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools · 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
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Waverley Primary Academy is a primary school in Rotherham for ages 2–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Rotherham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Waverley Primary Academy 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 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 131 first-choice applications for 89 offers, or 1.5 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 87 Rotherham primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 85 offers went to first-choice families, and 46 first-choice families (35%) were not offered a place; 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Rotherham that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result ranked 2nd highest.
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
- Waverley Walk, Rotherham, S60 8DD
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Rotherham
- Pupils on roll
- 687 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have created a welcoming and inclusive environment for pupils.”
- “They expect pupils to be kind and respectful to each other.”
- “Pupils live this out in their interactions with peers and adults.”
To improve
- “Opportunities for pupils to build skills, such as analysing sources in history, are currently less well established.”
- “Despite this, the attendance of some groups of pupils, such as disadvantaged pupils, is declining.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 October 2023 (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) | 69% | 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: 131 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 85 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.
- Catcliffe Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Treeton Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Brinsworth Howarth Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School 1.1 mi Good
- Brinsworth Manor Infant School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Brinsworth Manor Junior School 1.5 mi Good
- Aston Fence Junior and Infant School 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Canklow Woods Primary School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published