Todwick Primary School

About Todwick Primary School

Todwick Primary School was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, with inspectors awarding Good across every category, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This marks a consistent performance, as the school also held a Good rating in its previous inspection in 2012. On the key academic metric for primary schools, the proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined stood at 78% in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure is well above the Rotherham local authority average of 60%, placing Todwick 9th out of 84 primary schools in the area and comfortably within the top 25% nationally. The school’s overall ranking score of 78 reflects strong, reliable outcomes for a relatively small village primary.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, Todwick’s pupils performed particularly well in maths, where 94% met the expected standard and 38% reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 108. In reading, 84% achieved the expected standard and 31% reached the higher standard, with an average score of 106. Writing saw 88% at the expected level and 13% at the higher standard. The combined expected standard figure of 78% is notably strong for a school where just 2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, a very low proportion that suggests a relatively advantaged intake. The school does not have a sixth form, as it caters for children aged 4 to 11, and there is no nursery provision on site.

Todwick is a popular choice in the area, receiving 78 applications for just 30 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, with 24 of those offers going to first-preference families. The oversubscription ratio of 2.6 to 1 confirms strong local demand. Facilities include a library, playing fields, a gymnasium, a sports hall, and a Forest School, plus a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, cricket, rounders, netball, gymnastics, and football, while clubs range from choir and coding to film club. The school has identified SEND provisions for pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties or disabilities. With 205 pupils against a capacity of 210, the school is nearly full, and its consistent Good rating and above-average results make it a solid choice for families in the Rotherham area seeking a well-regarded village primary.

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