Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School
General Information
- Address: Thorogate, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, S62 7HS – View on map
- Phone: 01709710033
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr John Barnett
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 32 families put it first for 30 places – 11 for every 10 places. 94% 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 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 33
- % eligible for free school meals: 15.6%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Rotherham average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 1.9% a year (Rotherham 15%, typical in England 13.9%)
- 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. 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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 24 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 43% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 17 percentage points below the Rotherham average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 54% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 67% · Maths 50% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 100
- 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: joint 71st of 84 junior and primary schools in the area
- =67Rockingham Junior and Infant School46%
- =71Canklow Woods Primary School43%
- =71Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School43%
- #73Highfield Farm Primary School42%
- #74Anston Brook Primary School41%
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31st of 62 primary schools in Rotherham for Ofsted rating
- #29Ravenfield Primary AcademyGood
- #30Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary SchoolGood
- #31Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant SchoolGood
- #32Redscope Primary SchoolGood
- #33Rockingham Junior and Infant SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,311 (2024-25)
26th of 77 primary schools in Rotherham for spending per pupil
- #24St Ann's Primary School£7,473
- #25Thornhill Primary School£7,389
- #26Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School£7,311
- #27Ravenfield Primary Academy£7,299
- #28Blackburn Primary School£7,225
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