Ravenfield Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Moor Lane North, Ravenfield, Rotherham, S65 4LZ – View on map
- Phone: 01709542678
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Leanne Jepson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 27 families put it first for 27 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 5 of the 27 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- 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: 10.9%
- 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: 12.7% a year (Rotherham 15%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 75% moved to another school, 25% 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: 3.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
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: 70% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the Rotherham average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 66% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 74% · Maths 91% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- Based on: 23 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 24th of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =21Greasbrough Primary School72%
- =21Sitwell Junior School72%
- =24Ravenfield Primary Academy70%
- =24Whiston Junior and Infant School70%
- =26Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School69%
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29th of 62 primary schools in Rotherham for Ofsted rating
- #27Monkwood Primary SchoolGood
- #28Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #29Ravenfield Primary AcademyGood
- #30Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary SchoolGood
- #31Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,299 (2024-25)
27th of 77 primary schools in Rotherham for spending per pupil
- #25Thornhill Primary School£7,389
- #26Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School£7,311
- #27Ravenfield Primary Academy£7,299
- #28Blackburn Primary School£7,225
- #29Redscope Primary School£7,186
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