Badsley Primary SchoolSt Mary's Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Rotherham.

Summary of the comparison

Badsley Primary School and St Mary's Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Rotherham.

  • Badsley Primary School scores 35 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and St Mary's Catholic Primary School scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Mary's Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Badsley Primary School was judged the expected standard and St Mary's Catholic Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 39.0% for Badsley Primary School and 74.0% for St Mary's Catholic Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Badsley Primary School (35.0% in 2022-23, 39.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at St Mary's Catholic Primary School (65.0% in 2022-23, 74.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Badsley Primary School versus St Mary's Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure RotherhamBadsley Primary SchoolRotherhamSt Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF35/100C59/100Stronger figure
Local ranking79th of 95 in Rotherham 31st of 95 in Rotherham Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll540 210
Capacity630 208
LocationRotherham, S65 2QS Rotherham, S65 2NU
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard39.0% 74.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard1.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score101.0 108.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score101.0 108.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census540 210
Free school meals (ever 6)60.0% 19.1%
English as an additional language27.6% 26.2%
SEN support33.3% 20.0%
SEN with an EHC plan8.3% 3.8%
Attendance
Overall absence7.0% 4.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence21.3% 7.4% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Badsley Primary School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School

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