Whiston Junior and Infant School
Primary schoolWhiston Junior and Infant School is a primary school in Rotherham, for pupils aged 5 to 11. It had 191 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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, 70% of pupils at Whiston Junior and Infant School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Rotherham and 62% in England.
13% 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 | 70% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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- Newman SchoolSpecial. Requires improvement (overall), October 2022, before the school changed450 m
- Sitwell Nursery & Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade660 m
- Sitwell Junior SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Herringthorpe Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade1.4 km
- Herringthorpe Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 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).