Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D42
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Rotherham, S63 7PQ
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Wath Academy
Sandygate, Wath-on-Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7NW
Local ranking4th of 16 secondary schools in Rotherham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1800
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 3 July 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 309
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 48.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
143
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 413
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 2031
- Boys
- 1049 (50%)
- Girls
- 1055 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1800 (117% full)
- SEND
- 14.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.7%
- EAL
- 4.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 10.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 104.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,771/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.3%
- White Other: 3.1%
- Black African: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Black Other: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
90.3%
White British
3.1%
White Other
1.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sandygate
Rotherham, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 145848
- UKPRN
- 10067731
- Establishment No.
- 4007
- Trust
- PLACE PARTNERSHIP - A MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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