Aston Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,366 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Academy sponsor led
Clifton Community School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,146of 1,250 places
- Free school meals
- 63.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 188
- Ofsted
- Some aspects not as strong, 27 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Clifton Community School (URN 106947, until 14 September 2016).
What the data says
Clifton Community School has no sixth form. Of the 151 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 34% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
21% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 29.4 against 46.1 across England and 41.8 in Rotherham, with 18% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
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 | Clifton Community School | Rotherham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 151 | 3,387 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 72% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 66% | 80% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 24% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 25% | 18% | 13% |
| — further education college | 34% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 21% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Clifton Community School | Rotherham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 29.4 | 41.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 18% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 38% | 58% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 57% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.56 | 3.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 64% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 23.7 | 30.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.5 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 50% | 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 | 185 | 98% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 46% |
| English Language | 184 | 98% | 89% | 5% | 20% | 42% |
| Mathematics | 184 | 98% | 88% | 5% | 22% | 40% |
| Statistics | 184 | 98% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| History | 103 | 55% | 41% | 3% | 26% | 28% |
| Biology | 95 | 51% | 23% | 3% | 45% | 27% |
| Physics | 95 | 51% | 23% | 5% | 46% | 26% |
| Chemistry | 95 | 51% | 23% | 4% | 47% | 26% |
| Spanish | 95 | 51% | 19% | 4% | 27% | 29% |
| Combined Science | 89 | 47% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 28% |
| Fine Art | 54 | 29% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 13% |
| Business Studies | 43 | 23% | 18% | 5% | 20% | 35% |
| Photography | 42 | 22% | 6% | 2% | 19% | 29% |
| Geography | 37 | 20% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 35% |
| French | 16 | 9% | 18% | 13% | 29% | 69% |
| Arabic | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Persian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 50 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 46 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 31 | — | — |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 27 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 21 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 18 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 15 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 15 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 10 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Rotherham
Brinsworth Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,389 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
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
Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities
Academy converter · 687 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.6
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.