Wickersley School and Sports College, Rotherham

From the headteacher's welcome: "We consider ourselves to be a genuine comprehensive school, catering for students of a wide range of abilities, needs, aspirations and backgrounds. The school is part of Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT), a family of like-minded secondary and primary schools."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, tennis, gymnastics, basketball, badminton, cross-country, dance and ballet.

On phones, the school says: "Any mobile phones seen in school, without an urgent, valid reason, e.g., checking blood sugar levels, will be confiscated until the end of the school day."

In 2026, pupils at Wickersley School and Sports College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.9 in Rotherham and 47 across England.

51% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Rotherham and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 49.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.02: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.2, against 51.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 31 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Statistics and History.

For September 2026 entry, 329 families put Wickersley School and Sports College as their first choice and 676 named it as one of their preferences, for 332 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 22 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wickersley School and Sports College are St Bernard's Catholic High School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.3); Thrybergh Academy (2.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 34.6); Maltby Academy (2.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.8); and Clifton Community School (2.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37).

Wickersley School and Sports College's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Wickersley School and Sports College is one of 13 schools run by Wickersley Partnership Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 358 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 29% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 185 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 61% went on to university or other higher education, 10% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 18% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

4.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (84%) and Asian (7%).

Wickersley School and Sports College has a resourced provision for hearing impairment.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Parkgate, about 3.2 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bawtry Road/Plane Drive (opposite), 70 metres away.

In 2024/25, Wickersley School and Sports College issued 245 suspensions, 12.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wickersley School and Sports College are St Alban's CofE (Aided) Primary School (0.3 miles), Bramley Sunnyside Junior School (0.4 miles), Wickersley Northfield Primary School (0.4 miles) and Bramley Sunnyside Infant School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.