Winterhill School is a secondary academy in Rotherham, United Kingdom with 941 pupils, part of Inspire Learning Trust. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Education Coach (Teaching Assistant) (closes 27 November) and Child Protection officer (closes 16 November).
Head
Andrew Reeder, Headteacher
Trust or group
Inspire Learning Trust
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
941 pupils · 49% girls · 47.2% eligible for free school meals · 29.3% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
218 (23.2%) on SEN support · 42 (4.5%) with an education, health and care plan · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Inspire Learning Trust is a Multi Academy Trust based in Rotherham which also includes Oakwood High School, Sitwell Junior School, Thomas Rotherham College and Winterhill School.…
Inspire Learning Trust is a Multi Academy Trust based in Rotherham which also includes Oakwood High School, Sitwell Junior School, Thomas Rotherham College and Winterhill School.…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
41.8
39.6%
2024/25
39.3
36.8%
2023/24
40.4
37.4%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
7 March 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
57.5
16.4
–
0
£49,267
2024/25
50.8
18.1
16%
0
£43,104
2023/24
50.6
18.3
18%
0
£44,611
2022/23
46.2
18.9
13%
0
£44,104
2021/22
54.2
16.3
28%
0
£42,104
2020/21
53.0
17.9
15%
0
£41,319
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
64.8
15.9
18%
0
£39,564
2018/19
68.0
15.5
11%
0
£40,198
2017/18
74.4
15.4
19%
0
£38,699
2016/17
82.3
14.3
22%
0
£36,654
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
10.3%
5.3%
35.0%
5.0%
2024/25
10.3%
5.0%
31.6%
4.0%
2023/24
8.5%
3.6%
27.4%
2.4%
2022/23
7.9%
3.3%
25.5%
2.0%
2021/22
8.8%
2.8%
33.0%
1.7%
2020/21
6.7%
1.9%
21.1%
2.0%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
5.8%
1.9%
18.9%
1.3%
2017/18
5.9%
2.0%
18.3%
2.1%
2016/17
6.1%
2.3%
17.9%
1.3%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
4 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 teaching, 2 support. Most often advertised: Cover Supervisor, Education Coach, Exam Invigilators. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.