Academy · Rotherham
Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities
- Secondary
- Ages 11–16
- Roman Catholic
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.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 112 families put this school as their first choice, and 131 places were offered. 107 of the families who put it first got a place (96%).
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, 16 April 2024. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as Saint Pius X Catholic High School A Specialist School in Humanities, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 687 (capacity 650)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hallam
- Academy trust
- ST FRANCIS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01709767900
- Address
- Wath Wood Road, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, S63 7PQ
- Website
- saintpiusx.school
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.