Greasbrough Primary School
Munsbrough Rise, Greasbrough, Rotherham, S61 4RB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WILLOW TREE ACADEMY
- Headteacher
- Joanne Cook
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Willow Tree Academy
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Rotherham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 271
- URN
- 141901
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Telephone
- 01709740751
About this school
Greasbrough Primary School is a primary academy in Rotherham. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 271 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 33 | 36 | 36 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 67% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 3% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 75% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 69% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 67% | 92% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - | - |
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 Greasbrough 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 | 70% | 51.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 55.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 55.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 260 |
| 2023/24 | 253 |
| 2024/25 | 266 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Greasbrough Primary School compares
Greasbrough Primary School ranked 21st of 84 primary schools in Rotherham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 5.8% | 31.3% | 271 | — |
| Rockingham Junior and Infant School | 46% | 7.3% | 35.6% | 315 | 0.6 miles |
| Roughwood Primary School | 81% | 7.6% | 46.1% | 262 | 1.0 miles |
| Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School | 52% | 5.5% | 28.7% | 166 | 1.1 miles |
| Redscope Primary School | 68% | 5.7% | 47.1% | 417 | 1.2 miles |
| Thornhill Primary School | 63% | 5.6% | 42.6% | 316 | 1.3 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report20 January 2026
- 13 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.34%
- English as an additional language
- 12.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.76%
- Persistent absence
- 16.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rockingham Junior and Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
Roughwood Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
Redscope Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Rotherham
-
Thornhill Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Rotherham
Other schools in Rotherham
Greasbrough Primary School ranks 14th of the 68 ranked primary 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 Greasbrough Primary School teach?
- Greasbrough Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Rotherham.
- Who is the headteacher of Greasbrough Primary School?
- The headteacher of Greasbrough Primary School is Joanne Cook, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Greasbrough Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Greasbrough 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 big is Greasbrough Primary School?
- Greasbrough Primary School has 271 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Greasbrough Primary School full?
- Greasbrough Primary School has capacity for 270 pupils and 271 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Greasbrough Primary School a faith school?
- No. Greasbrough Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Greasbrough Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Greasbrough Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Greasbrough Primary School?
- Greasbrough Primary School is part of WILLOW TREE ACADEMY. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Greasbrough Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Greasbrough Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Greasbrough Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Greasbrough Primary School rank locally?
- Greasbrough Primary School ranked 21st of 84 primary schools in Rotherham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Greasbrough Primary School's absence rate?
- Greasbrough Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Greasbrough Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Greasbrough 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 2 July 2026.