Secondary school

Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities

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  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Rotherham
  • S63 7PQ
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Apr 2024

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,034 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 63%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 65%65%2016/17: top 52%52% · 2016/172017/18: top 69%2018/19: top 57%2021/22: top 62%2022/23: top 66%2023/24: top 58%2024/25: top 63%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 843.6 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.35/10 Middle
Grade 5+ English and maths41.6% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%5/10 Middle−19.8 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.75 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.935/10 Middle
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.34 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.073/10 Below−12.8 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 48.1 · 128 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 45.6 · 130 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 42.6 · 127 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 44.9 · 128 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 46.1 · 129 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 42.8 · 129 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 44.1 · 118 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 43.6 · 137 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.348.142.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 39% · 130 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 34% · 127 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 34% · 128 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 54% · 129 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 40% · 129 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 45.8% · 118 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 41.6% · 137 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%54%34%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in95.5%
107 of 112 who put it first2014 · 98.2%2026 · 95.5%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st112107
2nd14723
3rd501

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2025

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  6. 2021Requires improvementas predecessor
  7. 2024Requires improvementas predecessor
  8. 2025Ungraded visitas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes

2 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026687
Free school meals (past 6 years)29.4%
First language not English10.3%
SEN support8.7%
EHC plan8.0%
Absence (sessions missed)10.1%
Persistently absent pupils27.5%

Girls 47.7%Boys 52.3%

105.7% full · 650 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.4
Pupils per adult10.3
  • Classroom teachers 39.8
  • Leadership 4.8
  • Teaching assistants 10.3
  • Other support 21.6

Teachers 44.6 FTE · Whole workforce 76.5 · 100 people

Financials

No AAR return published for this school

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

118 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained93.2%
  • Education86.4%
  • Apprenticeship5.9%
  • Employment0.8%
  • Not sustained4.2%
  • Unknown2.5%