Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School, Rotherham

Ofsted's report card from its 21 April 2026 inspection grades Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils attend school well."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have an unrelenting focus on ensuring that pupils receive the very best curriculum and teaching."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children in the early years build solid foundations for life in school."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have high ambitions for pupils who face additional barriers to their learning, such as disadvantage or special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders demonstrate a passion to ensure that the school prepares pupils remarkably well for their next steps."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school's personal development offer is extensive."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils have more opportunities to articulate their knowledge more independently across the curriculum, including in aspects of personal, social and health education (PSHE), so that leaders and staff can monitor pupils' ability to do this effectively".

The school runs a breakfast club.

In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School reached the expected standard in reading and 93% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 72% in Rotherham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 97% in reading and 100% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 45 families put Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School as their first choice and 107 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.5 first choices for every place. 19 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School are Whiston Junior and Infant School (0.4 miles, Good, 80% reading, 77% maths); Sitwell Nursery & Infant School (0.6 miles, Outstanding); Sitwell Junior School (0.6 miles, Good, 77% reading, 82% maths); and Herringthorpe Infant School (1 mile, Outstanding).

Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School's 2025 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School is one of 16 schools run by White Woods Primary Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

14.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 24 pupils (10%) received SEN support and 7 (2.9%) 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 autism.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Rotherham Station To Sheffield, about 2.4 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Park Avenue/Cow Rakes Lane (adjacent), 220 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School issued 1 suspension, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School are St Bernard's Catholic High School (1.1 miles) and Oakwood High School (1.3 miles).