Secondary
Clifton Community School
Middle Lane, Rotherham, S65 2SN
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1146 of 1250 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Trust
- WICKERSLEY PARTNERSHIP TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 93.4
- Pupils per adult
- 11.6
- Pupils
- 1,084
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 2024
Some aspects not as strong
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
18%
20 points below the Rotherham average (38% across 16 schools)
29.4
12.9 below the Rotherham average (42.3 across 16 schools)
13th 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 | 29.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.56 |
| Entered the EBacc | 57% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 38% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% |
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 | 23% |
| 22/23 | 28% |
| 23/24 | 25% |
| 24/25 | 18% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.22 |
| 22/23 | -0.28 |
| 23/24 | -0.44 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.3 |
| 22/23 | 35.8 |
| 23/24 | 35.0 |
| 24/25 | 29.4 |
Middle Lane, Rotherham, S65 2SN
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.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Marie Smith
- Address
- Middle Lane, Rotherham, S65 2SN
- Telephone
- 01709515005