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Milton School

Mixed · ages 4–16 · no sixth formRotherham, Yorkshire and the Humber · Mexborough S64 8QGTrust: Venn Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
179of 150 places
Free school meals
55.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
14
Ofsted
Inadequate, 22 June 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Milton School (URN 144196, until 30 June 2023).

What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Milton School’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 1.6 against 46.1 across England and 41.8 in Rotherham, with 0% 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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureMilton SchoolRotherhamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)1.641.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%39%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%58%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%29%41%
EBacc average point score0.003.564.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort64%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils47.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language7%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Fine Art536%9%28%

Other secondary schools in Rotherham

Aston Academy

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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2

Brinsworth Academy

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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5

Maltby Academy

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76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.0

Oakwood High School

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81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.5

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.