Overall Oxbridge
#1,033
5 ranked schools · -119 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
29
Offers
5
Offer rate17.2%
-5.2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Where the River Rother meets the River Don, Rotherham occupies one of South Yorkshire's oldest natural crossings. The town grew from glass-making and flour-milling roots into a major coal and steel centre through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, leaving a compact market core ringed by residential settlements.
Whiston and Herringthorpe have long drawn families seeking the school-competitive edge of the borough's eastern suburbs, while Wath-upon-Dearne anchors the north-western communities beyond the Don valley. Wickersley and Moorgate complete the settled ring. Rail services from Rotherham Central connect to Sheffield in around ten minutes, placing the metropolitan centre's universities, hospitals, and cultural venues within easy reach. Around 110,000 people live in the town itself, with the wider metropolitan borough home to nearly 277,000.
Area Performance
Across 91 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.10/10, -0.29 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Rotherham schools
Rotherham vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Rotherham schools
top 59% of 14,978
top 59% of 14,978
top 68% of 3,862
top 68% of 3,862
top 54% of 2,555
top 54% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
5 ranked schools · -119 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
29
Offers
5
Oxford
3 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
12
Offers
0
Cambridge
5 ranked schools · -42 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
17
Offers
5
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