Brinsworth Howarth Primary School
General Information
- Address: Whitehill Lane, Brinsworth, Rotherham, S60 5JR – View on map
- Phone: 01709828613
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Joanne Cook
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 79% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 22
- % eligible for free school meals: 13.0%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (similar to the Rotherham average)
- English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11.9% a year (Rotherham 15%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 82% moved to another school, 18% 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: 4.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 66% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 6 percentage points above the Rotherham average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 63% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 76% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
- Average test scores: reading 104, 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: 34th of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =29Redscope Primary School68%
- #33Coleridge Primary67%
- #34Brinsworth Howarth Primary School66%
- =35Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School64%
- =35Maltby Redwood Academy64%
Click to see the full ranking
View full Ofsted inspection report
12th of 62 primary schools in Rotherham for Ofsted rating
- #10Blackburn Primary SchoolGood
- #11Brampton Ellis CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #12Brinsworth Howarth Primary SchoolGood
- #13Brinsworth Whitehill Primary SchoolGood
- #14Brookfield Primary AcademyGood
Click to see the full ranking
Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,725 (2024-25)
71st of 77 primary schools in Rotherham for spending per pupil
- #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
- #73Waverley Primary Academy£5,659
Click to see the full ranking
View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)