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Clifton Community School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Middle Lane, Rotherham S65 2SN · cliftonschool.org · 01709 515005
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 29.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Rotherham 41.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,146
- 92% of 1,250 places
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 63.6%
- First language not English
- 46.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 128 families put the school first and 187 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 187 | 128 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 206 | 139 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 183 | 131 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 247 | 172 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 224 | 190 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 29.4, and 18.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Rotherham it was 41.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼29.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼18.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼38.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲57.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.56 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106947)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.7 | −1.1 |
| Sixth form college | 20.4 | +0.5 |
| Further education | 54.5 | +13.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.2 | +3.5 |
| Employment | 2.1 | −4.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.9 | −6.5 |
| Activity not captured | 5.2 | −4.4 |
Ofsted
Clifton Community School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 4 December 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Nov 2024 found: Some aspects not as strong.
- Outcome
- Some aspects not as strong
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106947), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2014Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106947)
What parents said
44% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 44%
- Replies
- 34
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 68% who had a child bullied
based on 16 parents (47%) with SEND