Swallownest Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sheffield, Rotherham
Last distance offered · Reception 2024
Every applicant was offered a place
From Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2024
2018 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Swallownest Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield, Rotherham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Rotherham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2024 entry.
Swallownest 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 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 had 13 first-choice applications for 14 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 22nd lowest of 87 Rotherham primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In Reception 2024 every applicant was offered a place, as at 1 of the 3 other Rotherham primary schools with a published Reception 2024 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 22% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 13.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 24 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
- Rotherham Road, Swallownest, Sheffield, S26 4UR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Rotherham
- Pupils on roll
- 205 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 78% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 13 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.
- Aughton Primary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- Aston Fence Junior and Infant School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Aston Lodge Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Springwood Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Aston All Saints CofE (A) Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Aston Hall Junior and Infant School 1.0 mi Standards maintained
- Treeton Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Wales Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published