Wickersley School & Sports College

What Wickersley School & Sports College does

Wickersley School & Sports College is an 11-18 state-funded secondary academy located on Bawtry Road in Wickersley, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It operates as part of Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT), a multi-academy trust (company number 8833508) that also runs Cranworth Road, Clifton Community School, Rawmarsh Community School, Thrybergh Academy and The Gainsborough Academy. The school teaches approximately 2,060 students, including an oversubscribed sixth form of 330 students, across a broad curriculum of GCSEs, BTECs and A-Levels spanning core subjects, creative arts, technical/vocational courses, IT & Business, Health & Social, Languages and Sport. Specialist provision includes a Hearing Impairment Department within SEND, alongside anti-bullying, careers and wellbeing programmes.

The school's product surface extends beyond academic education to include fee-based instrumental music lessons, the Duke of Edinburgh Award (bronze and silver), a free two-week WPT Summer School for Year 6 to Year 7 transition (capacity 360 places), Chromebooks for students, the MCAS App for parent communications and Parent Pay for billing. Since April 2022, facilities hire (performance halls, astro pitch, bouldering room, sports halls) has been managed centrally across the six WPT sites via the SchoolHire online booking platform, generating ancillary revenue from community sports clubs and dance/cheer organisations.

The core business model is government-funded: secondary education is free at point of use, with revenue derived from per-pupil grants via Rotherham MBC and the UK Department for Education. Ancillary revenue streams — facilities hire on hourly published rates, instrumental lessons on a fee basis, and cost-recovery trip pricing — supplement the grant income. Admissions for Years 7-11 are administered through the local authority coordinated scheme, while sixth-form applications are handled directly via a Google Forms portal on a dedicated microsite (sixthform.wickersley.net). The school motto, 'We aim to send every young person into the world able and qualified to play their full role in it', underpins the 'Wickersley Way' character framework that shapes curriculum and pastoral design.

Name

Wickersley School & Sports College

Legal name

Wickersley School and Sports College

Website

https://wickersley.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wickersley School & Sports College is an 11-18 state-funded secondary academy in Rotherham, UK, serving approximately 2,060 students within the Wickersley Partnership Trust multi-academy trust, funded by per-pupil government grants and ancillary facilities hire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Secondary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Interscholastic Athletics (Varsity/JV Teams) (EDAJAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Club Sports Programs (EDALAIAB)

Keywords

• Secondary education
• Sixth form education
• School facilities hire
• Extra-curricular programs
• Multi-academy trust

Headquarters

HQ city

Wickersley, Rotherham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Wickersley School and Sports College is a state-funded 11-18 secondary school delivering GCSE and A-Level equivalent secondary and post-16 education to approximately 2,060 students in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Its core sellable offerings comprise the mainstream secondary academic curriculum (Years 7-11), a Sixth Form programme (330 students, post-16), community facilities hire (sports pitches, performance halls, bouldering room) managed via SchoolHire, extra-curricular activities including the Duke of Edinburgh Award, fee-based instrumental music lessons, and the WPT Summer School transition programme. It operates as a member school of Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT).

Product overview

Wickersley School and Sports College is an 11-18 secondary school with 2060 students, part of Wickersley Partnership Trust. The school offers a comprehensive academic curriculum across core subjects, creative arts, technical/vocational courses, and sports. The product portfolio includes the core Academic Curriculum (Years 7-11 and Sixth Form with 330 students), Facilities Hire services for community use via SchoolHire booking platform, Extra-Curricular Activities (Duke of Edinburgh, instrumental lessons, sports), digital tools (Chromebooks program, MCAS App, Parent Pay), and the annual WPT Summer School for transition students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Secondary Education (Years 7-11)
• Sixth Form (Years 12-13)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RNN Group (RNN Colleges)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 March 2023Wickersley strengthened its relationship with the RNN Group to become a flagship school in their Schools Partnership Programme, aiding student transition to post-16 provision at Rotherham College and Dearne Valley College. As long as Wickersley students meet entry requirements, they are guaranteed acceptance.
• Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWickersley School & Sports College is part of Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT), a multi-academy trust consisting of secondary and primary schools across Rotherham and Gainsborough areas. WPT manages facilities lettings, HR, governance and strategic direction centrally. WPT celebrated 10 years since academisation in 2024. The Trust is an exempt charity regulated by the Secretary of State for Education, company number 8833508.
• SchoolHirecoreTechnology or IntegrationWPT partnered with SchoolHire, an online facilities booking platform, to streamline and modernise lettings management across six Trust sites. SchoolHire enables online availability checking, block booking, cancellations and transparent pricing for community hire of sports facilities, performance halls, and other venues.
• Rotherham United Community Sports TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity sports partner using school facilities. Supports delivery of PE curriculum and extra-curricular sports programmes.
• DiddikicksminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorYouth football coaching provider that uses school facilities for community sports sessions.
• Rise Dance CompanyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDance school that uses school facilities for community dance programmes.
• Bramley Sunnyside Junior Football ClubminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCommunity football club using school grounds and facilities for youth football.
• Waversley Youth JFCminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJunior football club based at school facilities for youth community football.
• Waverley Cricket ClubminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCricket club using school cricket facilities for community use.
• Trailblazers Allstars CheerminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCheerleading organisation using school facilities for community cheer programmes.
• WickersleyOVminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal community organisation using school facilities for community activities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Rotherham College: Post-16 further education provider that is RNN Group's Rotherham campus and the guaranteed progression destination for Wickersley sixth formers; comparable in post-16 educational mission and overlapping student cohort.
• Dearne Valley College: Second RNN Group post-16 college linked to Wickersley via the Schools Partnership Programme; comparable in further-education focus and the same guaranteed-acceptance pathway.

Direct peers

• Clifton Community School: A WPT sister secondary school in Rotherham sharing the same multi-academy trust governance, centralised facilities hire platform and curriculum oversight — directly comparable in operating model and geography.
• Maltby Academy: Secondary academy in the Rotherham borough operating a similar 11-18 model with a sixth form, directly competing for the same local student catchment.
• The Gainsborough Academy: WPT member secondary academy, the most geographically distant of the Trust sites but operating under identical central services and the SchoolHire facilities platform.
• Thrybergh Academy: A WPT secondary academy in Rotherham, operated under the same multi-academy trust umbrella as Wickersley with shared services and governance.
• Rawmarsh Community School: Another WPT secondary school within the same Rotherham catchment, sharing central HR, governance and SchoolHire lettings infrastructure.
• Wales High School: Nearby secondary school in the Rotherham area providing a comparable 11-18 comprehensive offer including a sixth form, competing for the same parental cohort.

Others

• SchoolHire: Technology partner that powers WPT's centralised facilities-hire platform across six sites; relevant because it is the operational backbone of Wickersley's ancillary revenue stream and the model is replicable across other MATs.

Broad incumbents

• Outwood Grange Academies Trust: Large multi-academy trust operating numerous secondary schools across Yorkshire; a much larger MAT comparable in structure and central-services model to WPT.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wickersley-school-&-sports-college

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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