Newman School
East Bawtry Road, Rotherham, S60 3LX
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Newman School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms MICHAELA GLARVEY
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Rother Valley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban minor conurbation
- Capacity
- 160
- Pupils on roll
- 182
- URN
- 106966
- Local authority
- Rotherham
About this school
Newman School was a community special school in Rotherham. It taught children aged 2 to 19 and had 182 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Newman School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - |
| Reading progress | -5.90 | - |
| Writing progress | -5.80 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.90 | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 15 | 20 |
| Attainment 8 score | 4.1 | 1.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.62 -2.50 to -0.74 | -2.18 -2.87 to -1.49 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Trends over time
How Newman 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 | 0% | 51.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 55.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 55.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Rotherham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1 | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 1.8 | 36 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 33.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 17.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 17.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 156 |
| 2023/24 | 182 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 59.3%
- English as an additional language
- 7.1%
- Overall absence
- 17.9%
- Persistent absence
- 46.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newman School0.0 miles
Academies · Rotherham
-
ROTHERHAM OPPORTUNITIES COLLEGE0.8 miles
Other types · Rotherham
-
Kelford School2.8 miles
Academies · Rotherham
-
The Willows School3.2 miles
Academies · Rotherham
-
Abbey School3.6 miles
Academies · Rotherham
Other schools in Rotherham
- Abbey School Academies
- Abbeywood School Special schools
- Hilltop School Academies
- Kelford School Academies
- Newman School Academies
- Rotherham Aspire Local authority maintained schools
- ROTHERHAM OPPORTUNITIES COLLEGE Other types
- The Willows School Academies
- Arnold Nursery School Nursery
- Rawmarsh Nursery School Nursery
- Badsley Primary School Primary
- Blackburn Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Newman School teach?
- Newman School taught children aged 2 to 19. It was a special school in Rotherham.
- Has Newman School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Newman School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Newman School?
- Newman School had 182 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- How have Newman School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Newman School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newman 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 31 August 2024.