Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School
General Information
- Address: Howlett Drive, Brinsworth, Rotherham, S60 5HT – View on map
- Phone: 01709828242
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Oxborough
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 39 families put it first for 45 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: 54
- % eligible for free school meals: 18.5%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Rotherham average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.1% a year (Rotherham 15%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 59% moved to another school, 41% 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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 13.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 26 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 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: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 2% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points above the Rotherham average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 51% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 51%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 65% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 105
- Based on: 43 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 37th of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =35Maltby Redwood Academy64%
- =37Anston Hillcrest Primary School63%
- =37Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School63%
- =37Thornhill Primary School63%
- =37Thrybergh Fullerton Church of England Primary Academy63%
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13th of 62 primary schools in Rotherham for Ofsted rating
- #11Brampton Ellis CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #12Brinsworth Howarth Primary SchoolGood
- #13Brinsworth Whitehill Primary SchoolGood
- #14Brookfield Primary AcademyGood
- #15Broom Valley Community SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,899 (2024-25)
62nd of 77 primary schools in Rotherham for spending per pupil
- #60Aston Fence Junior and Infant School£6,018
- #61St Bede's Catholic Primary School£5,994
- #62Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School£5,899
- #63Anston Hillcrest Primary School£5,896
- #64Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School£5,888
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