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Wickersley School and Sports College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham S66 1JL · wickersley.net · 01709 542147

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
49
average Attainment 8 score. Rotherham 41.8, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,984
87% of 2,280 places
Local authority
Rotherham
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
18.8%
First language not English
4.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Wickersley Partnership Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 329 families put the school first and 332 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 404 (Places 333)404September 2023: 375 (Places 331)375September 2024: 354 (Places 335)354September 2025: 309 (Places 328)309September 2026: 329 (Places 332)329Places 332
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026332329193%
September 2025Sept 20253283090.995%
September 2024Sept 20243353541.1▲90%
September 2023Sept 20233313751.1▲86%
September 2022Sept 20223334041.2▲82%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49, and 55.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Rotherham it was 41.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (36.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 50.3 (England 46.3)50.32017/18: 53.2 (England 46.5)53.22018/19: 51.1 (England 46.7)51.12021/22: 53.1 (England 48.8)53.12022/23: 48.3 (England 46.3)48.32023/24: 48.9 (England 45.9)48.92024/25: 49.0 (England 46.0)49.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲4946
▲55.7%45.4%
▲71.6%64.8%
▲66.7%40.5%
▲4.414.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form43+5.3
Sixth form college16.5−9.5
Further education28.8+9
Other education0.6−0.2
Apprenticeship4.50
Employment1.4−2.2
Not in a lasting destination3.9−2
Activity not captured1.4−0.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 27.3 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 27.0 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 28.7 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 30.3 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 39.8 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 32.1 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 36.3 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 36.7 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
119 studentsB- (36.7)Average +0.09
119 studentsB- (36.8)Average +0.08
56 studentsDist- (32)Average +0.19
24.4%AAB or better
94%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24150B- (36.3)+0.01
2022/23144C+ (32.1)—
2021/22150B (39.8)—
2018/19177C (30.3)-0.32
2017/18250C (28.7)+0.02
2016/17220C- (27)-0.16
2015/16259C- (27.3)-0.25

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University60.5−3.7
Further education1.10
Apprenticeship10.3+2.9
Employment18.4−2.1
Not in a lasting destination6.5+2.5
Activity not captured3.2+0.4

Ofsted

Wickersley School and Sports College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 22 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
22 Nov 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Sept 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Nov 2008Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

58% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (406 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
58%
Replies
406
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▼70% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼74% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼52% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼71% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼65% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼74% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼62% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼58% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼45% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 82% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼38% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 50% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼37% agreeEngland 67%

based on 102 parents (25%) with SEND

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