Sitwell Nursery & Infant School
Grange Road, Rotherham, S60 3LA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirstey Peart
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Rother Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 221
- URN
- 106858
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01709531855
About this school
Sitwell Nursery & Infant School is a community primary school in Rotherham. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 221 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Sitwell Nursery & Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 217 |
| 2023/24 | 218 |
| 2024/25 | 212 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sitwell Nursery & Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.2% | 13.7% | 221 | — |
| Sitwell Junior School | 72% | 3.9% | 15.4% | 302 | 0.0 miles |
| Whiston Junior and Infant School | 70% | 4% | 14.8% | 191 | 0.4 miles |
| Herringthorpe Infant School | — | 4.2% | 24.2% | 281 | 0.4 miles |
| Herringthorpe Junior School | 85% | 5% | 33.2% | 354 | 0.5 miles |
| Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School | 93% | 4.5% | 18.4% | 241 | 0.6 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)
- 13.68%
- English as an additional language
- 44.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.22%
- Persistent absence
- 13.1%
Location
Nearby schools
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Sitwell Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
Whiston Junior and Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
Herringthorpe Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
Herringthorpe Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Rotherham
Other schools in Rotherham
- Badsley Primary School Primary
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Sitwell Nursery & Infant School teach?
- Sitwell Nursery & Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Rotherham.
- Who is the headteacher of Sitwell Nursery & Infant School?
- The headteacher of Sitwell Nursery & Infant School is Mrs Kirstey Peart, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sitwell Nursery & Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sitwell Nursery & Infant 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 big is Sitwell Nursery & Infant School?
- Sitwell Nursery & Infant School has 221 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Sitwell Nursery & Infant School full?
- Sitwell Nursery & Infant School has capacity for 236 pupils and 221 on roll (94%), 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 Sitwell Nursery & Infant School a faith school?
- No. Sitwell Nursery & Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sitwell Nursery & Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Sitwell Nursery & Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Sitwell Nursery & Infant School's absence rate?
- Sitwell Nursery & Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Sitwell Nursery & Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Sitwell Nursery & Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.