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Brunswick Community Primary School

Primary · Sheffield · S13 7RB

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Good

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 1 November 2023

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At a glance

459 pupils · 105% of 438 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
32.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.brunswickprimaryschool.co.uk/
URN
107069

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 51 families named it first for 57 Reception places, 0.89 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 0.62 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 1 November 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

57 places offered · 51 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.62 miles for 2022 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry) lived within 0.62 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
Sheffield average59.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Godfrey Ermen Memorial CofE Primary SchoolManchester · 42 miles awayExpected standard46%
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, BlackburnBlackburn · 54 miles awayGood56%
Park Lane Primary SchoolNuneaton · 59 miles awayGood80%
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 64 miles awayNeeds attention51%
St Laurence's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 63 miles awayGood (2019)56%
Gladstone Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 41 miles awayExpected standard62%
Rose Wood AcademyMiddlesbrough · 80 miles awayGood (2018)66%
Highgate Primary AcademyRotherham · 12 miles awayGood75%
Netherbrook Primary SchoolDudley · 68 miles awayGood68%
St Mary Queen of Martyrs VC AcademyHull · 51 miles awayGood63%
Captain Webb Primary SchoolTELFORD · 67 miles awayGood70%
Gooseacre Primary AcademyRotherham · 13 miles awayGood69%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (Sheffield 56%, England 60%) · Black African 5% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Sheffield 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Sheffield 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 1% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.25 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Sheffield: 3.19 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 2% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

72% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,838; 16% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,651
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £281,337; in-year balance +£98,222

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher19.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways35.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier46.6%62.3%
Social housing46.7%17.1%
Privately rented6.5%20.5%
Detached houses5.6%22.9%
Flats22.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6%21.1%
Households with no car or van38.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007965 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£180,000249 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£142,500–£225,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (34)£327,500
Semi-detached (119)£197,000
Terraced (82)£140,000
Flat (14)£95,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.00 km, 2022 entry): 249 sales, median £180,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
10an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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