Dinnington Community Primary School
Primary schoolDinnington Community Primary School is a primary school in Rotherham, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 184 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), July 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 2 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 33% of pupils at Dinnington Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Rotherham and 62% in England.
4% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Rotherham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 97 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 96 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Elements AcademySpecial. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade100 m
- Dinnington High SchoolSecondary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2023, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 46.7 (2025/26, provisional)230 m
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 11% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Anston Greenlands Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Anston Park Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 20221.4 km
- Anston Park Junior SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2023, before the school changed1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Rotherham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).