Aston Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,366 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
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Winterhill School
- Pupils on roll
- 941of 1,300 places
- Free school meals
- 47.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 155
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 8 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Winterhill School (URN 106950, until 1 March 2015).
What the data says
Winterhill School has no sixth form. Of the 163 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 31% moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 31% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.3 against 46.1 across England and 41.8 in Rotherham, with 37% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Rotherham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Winterhill School | Rotherham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 163 | 3,387 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 75% | 80% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 24% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 31% | 18% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Winterhill School | Rotherham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.3 | 41.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 58% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 7% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.15 | 3.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 36% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.0 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.2 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 25% | 11% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 155 | 100% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 63% |
| English Language | 155 | 100% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 61% |
| Mathematics | 154 | 99% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 61% |
| History | 84 | 54% | 41% | 10% | 26% | 45% |
| Biology | 77 | 50% | 23% | 17% | 45% | 87% |
| Chemistry | 77 | 50% | 23% | 22% | 47% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 76 | 49% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| Physics | 76 | 49% | 23% | 22% | 46% | 74% |
| Geography | 49 | 32% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 37% |
| Business Studies | 34 | 22% | 18% | 9% | 20% | 50% |
| Fine Art | 29 | 19% | 9% | 28% | 28% | 79% |
| Art and Design | 25 | 16% | 7% | 20% | 24% | 96% |
| Psychology | 20 | 13% | 3% | 5% | 22% | 40% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 12% | 13% | 17% | 30% | 67% |
| Drama | 12 | 8% | 7% | 17% | 27% | 50% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 12 | 8% | 8% | 8% | 21% | 67% |
| Religious Studies | 12 | 8% | 31% | 17% | 32% | 50% |
| Spanish | 11 | 7% | 19% | 36% | 27% | 64% |
| French | 9 | 6% | 18% | 11% | 29% | 44% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 19 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 14 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 5 | — | — |
Where Winterhill School is
Other secondary schools in Rotherham are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Rotherham’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Rotherham
Brinsworth Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,389 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Clifton Community School
Academy sponsor led · 1,146 pupils
66% stayed in education · Attainment 8 29.4
Maltby Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,096 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.0
Oakwood High School
Academy converter · 1,067 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.5
Rawmarsh Community School
Academy sponsor led · 1,067 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.8
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.