Coleridge Primary, Rotherham

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Coleridge Primary reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 72% in Rotherham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (75% in reading, 75% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put Coleridge Primary as their first choice and 58 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Coleridge Primary are East Dene Primary (0.1 miles, Good, 70% reading, 54% maths); Eastwood Village Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 44% reading, 40% maths); St Ann's Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 49% reading, 51% maths); and Badsley Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 52% reading, 59% maths).

Coleridge Primary's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Coleridge Primary is one of 16 schools run by Central Learning Partnership Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

49% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 56.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (41%), White British (20%) and other ethnic groups (19%).

In 2026, 18 pupils (7.1%) received SEN support and 11 (4.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Coleridge Primary had 14 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Parkgate, about 730 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Doncaster Road/Rotherhill Close (opposite), 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Coleridge Primary stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 540 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Rotherham (146), as is usual near a town centre.

Coleridge Primary recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Coleridge Primary are Clifton Community School (0.4 miles) and St Bernard's Catholic High School (1.1 miles).