About schools in South Yorkshire
Most of the three schools listed in South Yorkshire are independent schools. One school here provides for children with additional needs.
Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
Special schools and alternative provision1
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Park House School
Other independent special school · Ages 7 to 17
Independent schools2
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Al-Mahad Al-Islami
Other independent school · Ages 11 to 17 · Girls
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Hill House School
Other independent school · Ages 2 to 19
Schools near South Yorkshire
With only 3 schools listed in South Yorkshire itself, most families here also look further afield. These are the 60 schools closest to the centre of South Yorkshire by straight-line distance, wherever they sit administratively — the nearest is St Gerard's Catholic Primary School, about 0.5 miles away.
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St Gerard's Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Thrybergh Fullerton Church of England Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Thrybergh Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Rotherham
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Thrybergh Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Foljambe Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Kilnhurst Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Mexborough
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Rawmarsh Nursery School1.2 miles
Nursery · Rotherham
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Trinity Croft CofE Primary Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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High Greave Junior School1.3 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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High Greave Infant School1.3 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Kilnhurst St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy1.4 miles
Primary · Mexborough
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Rawmarsh Ryecroft Infant School1.4 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Rotherham Aspire1.4 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Rotherham
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Rawmarsh Rosehill Junior School1.5 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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East Dene Primary1.8 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Coleridge Primary1.8 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Ravenfield Primary Academy1.8 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Rawmarsh Community School1.8 miles
Secondary · Rotherham
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Eastwood Village Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Rawmarsh Thorogate Junior and Infant School1.9 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Brookfield Primary Academy1.9 miles
Primary · Mexborough
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Swinton Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Mexborough
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Arnold Nursery School2.0 miles
Nursery · Rotherham
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Badsley Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Monkwood Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Clifton Community School2.1 miles
Secondary · Rotherham
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Flanderwell Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Swinton Fitzwilliam Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Mexborough
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St Ann's Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Milton School2.3 miles
Academies · Mexborough
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Swinton Queen Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Mexborough
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St Bernard's Catholic High School2.3 miles
Secondary · Rotherham
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Bramley Sunnyside Infant School2.4 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Listerdale Primary Academy2.4 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Wickersley Northfield Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Bramley Sunnyside Junior School2.4 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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RNN Group2.5 miles
16 plus · Rotherham
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Herringthorpe Junior School2.6 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Herringthorpe Infant School2.6 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Bramley Grange Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Greasbrough Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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St Alban's CofE (Aided) Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Wickersley School and Sports College2.7 miles
Secondary · Rotherham
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Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities2.8 miles
Secondary · Rotherham
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Broom Valley Community School2.8 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Pennine View School2.8 miles
Academies · Doncaster
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Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy2.8 miles
Primary · Doncaster
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ROTHERHAM OPPORTUNITIES COLLEGE2.9 miles
Other types · Rotherham
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New Pastures Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Mexborough
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Sitwell Junior School3.0 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Sitwell Nursery & Infant School3.0 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Highwoods Academy3.0 miles
Primary · Mexborough
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Montagu Academy3.1 miles
Primary · Mexborough
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Thornhill Primary School3.1 miles
Primary · Rotherham
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Thomas Rotherham College3.1 miles
16 plus · Rotherham
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Wath Academy3.1 miles
Secondary · Rotherham
Common questions about schools in South Yorkshire
- How many schools are in South Yorkshire?
- OfferDay lists three schools in South Yorkshire, including two independent schools and one special or alternative provision school.
- Who inspects schools in South Yorkshire?
- Every school in South Yorkshire is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
- Which are the best schools in South Yorkshire?
- OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and South Yorkshire does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.