Coleridge Primary
General Information
- Address: Coleridge Road, Eastwood, Rotherham, S65 1LW – View on map
- Phone: 01709828988
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Ian Tankard
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 38 families put it first for 30 places – 13 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 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 124
- % eligible for free school meals: 58.2%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Rotherham average)
- English as an additional language: 57% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 5.7% a year (Rotherham 15%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points above the Rotherham average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 64% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 70% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 30 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: 33rd of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =29Kimberworth Community Primary School68%
- =29Redscope Primary School68%
- #33Coleridge Primary67%
- #34Brinsworth Howarth Primary School66%
- =35Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School64%
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2nd of 58 primary schools in Rotherham for Ofsted rating
- #1Aston Fence Junior and Infant SchoolOutstanding
- #2Coleridge PrimaryOutstanding
- #3Springwood Primary AcademyOutstanding
- #4Thorpe Hesley Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,206 (2024-25)
10th of 77 primary schools in Rotherham for spending per pupil
- #8Laughton All Saints' CofE Primary School£8,302
- #9Ferham Primary School£8,283
- #10Coleridge Primary£8,206
- #11Meadow View Primary School£8,198
- #12Crags Community School£8,181
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