Secondary
Wickersley School and Sports College
Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham, S66 1JL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1984 of 2280 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Trust
- WICKERSLEY PARTNERSHIP TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 126.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 198.3
- Pupils per adult
- 10.3
- Pupils
- 2,050
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
56%
18 points above the Rotherham average (38% across 16 schools)
49.0
6.7 above the Rotherham average (42.3 across 16 schools)
1st of 16 by our score, among the secondary schools in Rotherham we can score - 17 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.41 |
| Entered the EBacc | 67% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% |
| A level average points per entry | 36.7 |
| A level students | 119 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 59% |
| 22/23 | 52% |
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 56% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.8 |
| 22/23 | 32.0 |
| 23/24 | 36.3 |
| 24/25 | 36.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.22 |
| 22/23 | -0.38 |
| 23/24 | +0.02 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53.1 |
| 22/23 | 48.3 |
| 23/24 | 48.9 |
| 24/25 | 49.0 |
Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham, S66 1JL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Rotherham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Tony Hardcastle
- Address
- Bawtry Road, Wickersley, Rotherham, S66 1JL
- Telephone
- 01709542147