Aston Lodge Primary School
General Information
- Address: Lodge Lane, Aston, Sheffield, S26 2BL – View on map
- Phone: 01142872432
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Hayley McNeill
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 16 families put it first for 17 places – 9 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 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 53
- % eligible for free school meals: 33.5%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Rotherham average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.5% a year (Rotherham 15%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 5.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Rotherham average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 56% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 66% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 29 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: joint 47th of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =44Treeton Church of England Primary School61%
- #46Trinity Croft CofE Primary Academy60%
- =47Aston Lodge Primary School59%
- =47Harthill Primary School59%
- =49High Greave Junior School58%
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8th of 62 primary schools in Rotherham for Ofsted rating
- #6Aston All Saints CofE (A) Primary SchoolGood
- #7Aston Hall Junior and Infant SchoolGood
- #8Aston Lodge Primary SchoolGood
- #9Aughton Primary AcademyGood
- #10Blackburn Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,011 (2024-25)
34th of 77 primary schools in Rotherham for spending per pupil
- #32Roughwood Primary School£7,049
- #33Anston Brook Primary School£7,014
- #34Aston Lodge Primary School£7,011
- #35Greasbrough Primary School£6,951
- #36Swallownest Primary School£6,924
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