Wickersley School and Sports College

Wickersley School and Sports College
Address
Bawtry Road Wickersley Rotherham , South Yorkshire , S66 1JL England
Coordinates	53°25′17″N1°16′24″W / 53.4214°N 1.2734°W / 53.4214; -1.2734
Information
Type	Academy comprehensive school
Motto	High Expectations
Established	1909 [1]
Local authority	Rotherham Metropolitan Council
Department for Education URN	140646 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Tony Hardcastle [2]
Gender	Mixed
Age	11to 18
Enrolment	2,791 as of 2021 [update] [2]
Capacity	2,600
Former names	Bramley and Wickersley School Wickersley Comprehensive School
Website	www.wickersley.net

Wickersley School and Sports College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Wickersley in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.

The school has 2,150 pupils, aged 11–18, and 171 teachers. Wickersley has a resource base for Secondary Hearing Impaired Pupils, with a further 14 pupils. The head teacher is Tony Hardcastle. The school is the lead partner in Wickersley Partnership Trust, supporting Clifton and Rawmarsh Schools in Rotherham.

Ofsted inspections

Since the commencement of Ofsted inspections in September 1993, the school has undergone five full inspections:

Date of inspection	Outcome	Reference
27 November – 1 December 2000	Good	Report
15 March 2006	Good	Report
26–27 November 2008	Outstanding	Report
18–19 September 2013	Outstanding	Report
22-23 November 2023	Good	Report

Headteachers

• Mr. A. Matthews, 1969–1979
• Mr. S. Carter JP, 1979–1989
• Mr. J. T. Deeley, 1989 – December 2001
• David Hudson, January 2002 – 2014 ^[3]
• Tony Hardcastle, 2021-2025

References

1. "Wickersley". Old Rotherham. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.
2. "Wickersley School and Sports College". Get information about schools. Gov.UK. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
3. "Wickersley Partnership Trust | Board of Trustees/Directors". Archived from the original on 17 June 2016.

External links

• Official site