Contested schools in Rotherham
These are the Rotherham schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Rotherham
Secondary schools (8)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Bernard's Catholic High School | 146 | 254 | 1.74 |
| Wath Academy | 322 | 479 | 1.49 |
| Wingfield Academy | 195 | 208 | 1.07 |
| Oakwood High School | 205 | 216 | 1.05 |
| Dinnington High School | 197 | 204 | 1.04 |
| Wickersley School and Sports College | 332 | 329 | 0.99 |
| Wales High School | 277 | 271 | 0.98 |
| Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities | 131 | 112 | 0.85 |
Primary schools (26)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School | 30 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Waverley Primary Academy | 89 | 131 | 1.47 |
| Anston Greenlands Primary School | 30 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Whiston Junior and Infant School | 30 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Aston Fence Junior and Infant School | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Coleridge Primary | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Crags Community School | 43 | 52 | 1.21 |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School | 44 | 53 | 1.20 |
| Kimberworth Community Primary School | 29 | 34 | 1.17 |
| Thorpe Hesley Primary School | 68 | 78 | 1.15 |
| Brinsworth Howarth Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Todwick Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| St Alban's CofE (Aided) Primary School | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Maltby Lilly Hall Academy | 60 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Woodsetts Primary School | 28 | 29 | 1.04 |
| St Gerard's Catholic Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Wales Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sitwell Nursery & Infant School | 60 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Anston Hillcrest Primary School | 30 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Aston Hall Junior and Infant School | 40 | 39 | 0.97 |
| Bramley Sunnyside Infant School | 74 | 72 | 0.97 |
| Wentworth CofE Junior and Infant School | 16 | 15 | — |
| Swallownest Primary School | 14 | 13 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 28 | 25 | 0.89 |
| Laughton Junior and Infant School | 28 | 22 | 0.79 |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.