Gooseacre Primary AcademyThe Hill Primary Academy

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

Summary of the comparison

Gooseacre Primary Academy and The Hill Primary Academy are primary schools in Rotherham.

  • Gooseacre Primary Academy scores 48 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and The Hill Primary Academy scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average). The Hill Primary Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Gooseacre Primary Academy was judged the expected standard and The Hill Primary Academy 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 69.0% for Gooseacre Primary Academy and 64.0% for The Hill Primary Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Gooseacre Primary Academy (44.0% in 2022-23, 69.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at The Hill Primary Academy (52.0% in 2022-23, 64.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Gooseacre Primary Academy versus The Hill Primary Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure RotherhamGooseacre Primary AcademyRotherhamThe Hill Primary AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD48/100C58/100Stronger figure
Local ranking58th of 72 in Barnsley 43rd of 72 in Barnsley Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll378 369
Capacity268 461
LocationRotherham, S63 0NU Rotherham, S63 0DS
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard69.0% Stronger figure64.0% 62.0%
At higher standard3.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 Stronger figure102.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census356 378
Free school meals (ever 6)43.6% 50.3%
English as an additional language9.0% 7.7%
SEN support16.0% 13.5%
SEN with an EHC plan2.5% 2.9%
Attendance
Overall absence6.0% Stronger figure6.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence16.4% Stronger figure18.9% 15.8%

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.

Gooseacre Primary Academy

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