Dinnington High School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Rotherham council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Rotherham's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 204 families put this school as their first choice, and 197 places were offered. 196 of the families who put it first got a place (96%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 22 November 2023. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Dinnington High School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Sixth form

Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1005 (capacity 1444)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

NEW COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TRUST

Phone

01909550066

Address

Doe Quarry Lane, Sheffield, S25 2NZ

Website

dinningtonhigh.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports