Badsley Primary School
Badsley Moor Lane, Rotherham, S65 2QS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Windle
- Constituency
- Rotherham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 548
- URN
- 106833
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01709828665
About this school
Badsley Primary School is a community primary school in Rotherham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 548 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Badsley Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 77 | 87 | 87 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 47% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 49% | 59% | 52% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 62% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 60% | 62% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Badsley Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Rotherham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35% | 51.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 55.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 39% | 55.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 558 |
| 2023/24 | 577 |
| 2024/25 | 540 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Badsley Primary School compares
Badsley Primary School ranked 75th of 84 primary schools in Rotherham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39% | 7% | 60% | 548 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 74% | 4.3% | 19.1% | 211 | 0.2 miles |
| East Dene Primary | 48% | 5.4% | 59.7% | 326 | 0.5 miles |
| Herringthorpe Junior School | 85% | 5% | 33.2% | 354 | 0.6 miles |
| Herringthorpe Infant School | — | 4.2% | 24.2% | 281 | 0.6 miles |
| Coleridge Primary | 67% | 5.1% | 58.2% | 253 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 60%
- English as an additional language
- 27.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.98%
- Persistent absence
- 21.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
East Dene Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
Herringthorpe Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
Herringthorpe Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
Coleridge Primary0.7 miles
Primary · Rotherham
Other schools in Rotherham
Badsley Primary School ranks 61st of the 68 ranked primary schools in Rotherham.
- Blackburn Primary School Primary
- Bramley Grange Primary School Primary
- Bramley Sunnyside Infant School Primary
- Bramley Sunnyside Junior School Primary
- Brampton Ellis CofE Primary School Primary
- Brinsworth Howarth Primary School Primary
- Brinsworth Manor Infant School Primary
- Brinsworth Manor Junior School Primary
- Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School Primary
- Broom Valley Community School Primary
- Canklow Woods Primary School Primary
- Carrfield Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Badsley Primary School teach?
- Badsley Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Rotherham.
- Who is the headteacher of Badsley Primary School?
- The headteacher of Badsley Primary School is Mr Mark Windle, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Badsley Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Badsley Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Badsley Primary School?
- Badsley Primary School has 548 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Badsley Primary School full?
- Badsley Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 548 on roll (87%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Badsley Primary School a faith school?
- No. Badsley Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Badsley Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Badsley Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Badsley Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 35% in 2022/23 and 39% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Badsley Primary School compare with other schools in Rotherham?
- Badsley Primary School ranked 75th of 84 primary schools in Rotherham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Badsley Primary School's absence rate?
- Badsley Primary School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Badsley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Badsley Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.