Maltby Redwood Academy
General Information
- Address: Redwood Drive, Maltby, Rotherham, S66 8DL – View on map
- Phone: 01709812848
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Ruth Berry
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 25 families put it first for 27 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 27 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: 39
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.6%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Rotherham average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20.5% a year (Rotherham 15%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 43% moved to another school, 57% 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: 16.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Vision impairment: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points above the Rotherham average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 61% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 61%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 79% · Writing 71% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 64%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 106
- Based on: 14 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 35th of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- #34Brinsworth Howarth Primary School66%
- =35Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School64%
- =35Maltby Redwood Academy64%
- =37Anston Hillcrest Primary School63%
- =37Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School63%
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26th of 62 primary schools in Rotherham for Ofsted rating
- #24Listerdale Primary AcademyGood
- #25Maltby Manor AcademyGood
- #26Maltby Redwood AcademyGood
- #27Monkwood Primary SchoolGood
- #28Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,518 (2024-25)
22nd of 77 primary schools in Rotherham for spending per pupil
- #20Wath Victoria Primary School£7,607
- #21Trinity Croft CofE Primary Academy£7,531
- #22Maltby Redwood Academy£7,518
- #23Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School£7,512
- #24St Ann's Primary School£7,473
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