Aston Hall Junior and Infant School
General Information
- Address: Church Lane, Aston, Sheffield, S26 2AX – View on map
- Phone: 01142879811
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Scott Holmes
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 39 families put it first for 40 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 18
- % eligible for free school meals: 6.3%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Rotherham average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.7% a year (Rotherham 15%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 45% moved to another school, 55% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Rotherham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 7 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 7 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Rotherham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 3.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2011 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 20 percentage points above the Rotherham average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 74% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 74%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 86% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
- Based on: 44 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 9th of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =6Todwick Primary School81%
- =6Wales Primary School81%
- #9Aston Hall Junior and Infant School80%
- #10St Gerard's Catholic Primary School79%
- #11Swallownest Primary School78%
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7th of 62 primary schools in Rotherham for Ofsted rating
- #5Anston Greenlands Primary SchoolGood
- #6Aston All Saints CofE (A) Primary SchoolGood
- #7Aston Hall Junior and Infant SchoolGood
- #8Aston Lodge Primary SchoolGood
- #9Aughton Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,763 (2024-25)
70th of 77 primary schools in Rotherham for spending per pupil
- #68Listerdale Primary Academy£5,802
- #69Aston All Saints CofE (A) Primary School£5,765
- #70Aston Hall Junior and Infant School£5,763
- #71Brinsworth Howarth Primary School£5,725
- #72Maltby Lilly Hall Academy£5,719
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