Lydgate Infant School
Primary · Sheffield · S10 5FQ
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 21 June 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
339 pupils · 94% of 360 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 9.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 23.5% of pupils
- SEN support
- 3.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.7% of pupils
- Website
- www.lydgateinfant.co.uk
- URN
- 106999
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.95 first-choice applications per place78 places offered · 74 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 20 June 2023: School remains Good
- 12 December 2017: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.