Anston Greenlands Primary School

About Anston Greenlands Primary School

Anston Greenlands Primary School has been rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating. The school’s academic performance is best captured by its Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year, where 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits well above the Rotherham local authority average of 60%, placing the school 10th out of 84 primary schools in the area and inside the top 25% nationally. In individual subjects, 87% of pupils reached the expected standard in both maths and writing, while 83% did so in reading. The school also achieved average scaled scores of 104 in maths and 105 in reading, and 10% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects.

Beyond the headline figures, the Ofsted inspection in February 2023 confirmed that the school remains Good, with leadership and management, early years provision and overall effectiveness all judged as Good. The previous graded inspection in 2010 had rated the school Requires Improvement, so the trajectory is clearly positive. The school has a relatively small roll of 216 pupils against a capacity of 210, and a low proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 6.9%. The school’s ranking score of 77 is based on the Key Stage 2 expected standard metric, and it sits just behind local peers such as St Alban’s CofE Primary and Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School, but still comfortably ahead of most Rotherham primaries.

Anston Greenlands is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 88 applications for 30 places, with 47 first-preference applications and 29 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of nearly 3 to 1. The school offers a range of facilities including a library, ICT suite, sensory room, forest school and gymnasium, and runs clubs such as science, art, coding and chess. Sports on offer include football, netball, cricket, swimming, rounders and gymnastics. SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, autistic spectrum disorder and social, emotional and mental health support. This is a school that suits families looking for strong academic outcomes in a well-regarded local primary with clear evidence of improvement, though the high demand means early application is essential.

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