Trinity Croft CofE Primary Academy

About Trinity Croft CofE Primary Academy

Trinity Croft CofE Primary Academy in Rotherham holds a Good rating from Ofsted, confirmed in its most recent ungraded inspection in 2023, where inspectors judged that the school remains Good. This marks a clear improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2009, when overall effectiveness was rated Requires Improvement. The most telling exam metric for this primary school is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2. In the 2023/24 academic year, 68% of pupils achieved this benchmark, which is comfortably above the Rotherham local authority average of 60%. That places Trinity Croft 28th out of 84 primary schools in the borough, putting it in the top third locally and the top 36% nationally. For a school where 37.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, these results represent solid academic performance.

Drilling into the individual subjects, the school’s strongest showing at Key Stage 2 was in maths, where 79% of pupils met the expected standard and the average scaled score reached 103. Reading followed closely with 68% at expected standard and an average score of 105. Writing saw 75% reach the expected level, though only 7% achieved the higher standard. The combined higher standard across all three subjects was 4%, which is relatively modest. Ofsted’s breakdown from the 2023 inspection rated both leadership and management and early years provision as Good, with early years having improved from a Requires Improvement rating in 2007. The school does not have a sixth form, as it is a primary-only setting, and there is nursery provision available for children from age three. With 190 pupils on roll against a capacity of 240, there is some room for growth, though the school was oversubscribed for 2025/26 admissions.

Trinity Croft is a Church of England school, and its facilities include a chapel, music rooms, art studios, a sensory room, and a library, alongside a sports hall, gymnasium and playing fields. Sporting options cover cricket, swimming, netball and rounders, while clubs range from art and choir to science, film and book clubs. The school has a broad SEND offer, supporting pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, social and emotional mental health needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families in Rotherham, this is a school that delivers above-average academic outcomes relative to the local area, with a clear trajectory of improvement under headteacher Amy Gurner. It suits parents who value a faith-based setting with strong SEND provision and a good range of enrichment activities, though those seeking the very highest academic performance locally might look to schools like St Alban’s CofE or Coleridge Primary, the nearest Outstanding-rated school 1.7 km away.

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