Rawmarsh Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Rotherham
Unique reference
140553
Address
Monkwood Road, Rawmarsh, S62 7GA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1091 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
5.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.4%
Persistent absence
23.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
26.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.6%
Mixed 3.7%
Other White 2.8%
African 2.6%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Unclassified 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 29%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.7
Local authority average 41.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.17
Local authority average 3.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award22
Art & DesignGCSE70
BiologyGCSE115
Business Studies:SingleGCSE33
ChemistryGCSE114
English LanguageGCSE206
English LiteratureGCSE206
FrenchGCSE27
GeographyGCSE115
GermanGCSE1
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Rawmarsh Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
183
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
173
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
8
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
224
95
129
Year 8
235
118
117
Year 9
203
106
97
Year 10
220
115
105
Year 11
209
99
110
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
75.0%
79.4%
85.5%
Further education
46.0%
35.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
6.0%
24.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
23.0%
18.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
5.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
8.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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