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Southey Green Nursery & Primary School

Primary · Sheffield · S5 7QG

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 18 March 2026

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At a glance

701 pupils · 111% of 630 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
55.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
15.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.southeygreen.org
URN
139133

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 71 families named it first for 78 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 13 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

78 places offered · 71 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
1%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
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 school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers52%
Sheffield average59.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
East Park AcademyWolverhampton · 64 miles awayOutstanding (2019)54%
Summerhill Primary AcademyTipton · 66 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Welholme AcademyGrimsby · 58 miles awayGood55%
Northwood Park Primary SchoolWolverhampton · 61 miles awayGood33%
Waterloo Primary AcademyBlackpool · 69 miles awayExpected standard70%
The Rydal AcademyDarlington · 76 miles awayGood46%
Fair Furlong Primary SchoolBristol · 147 miles awayGood28%
Yew Tree Primary SchoolWalsall · 63 miles awayExpected standard50%
Beck Primary SchoolSheffield · 2 miles awayGood30%
Ambleside Primary SchoolNottingham · 33 miles awayGood58%
Highlands Primary SchoolHull · 54 miles awayOutstanding76%
Ormiston South Parade AcademyGrimsby · 58 miles awayGood (2016)82%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 63% (Sheffield 56%, England 60%) · Black African 6% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other White background 5% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Sheffield 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 0%)

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)
6.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

8.80 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 permanent exclusions · 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
17.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

2.62% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

71.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.7 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 £41,340; 22.2% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,067
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,095,000; in-year balance +£269,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher16.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications31.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work15%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways31.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health43%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier44.5%62.3%
Social housing46%17.1%
Privately rented9.4%20.5%
Detached houses3.3%22.9%
Flats2.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8%21.1%
Households with no car or van32.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008123 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£142,500236 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£126,000–£182,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£225,000
Semi-detached (151)£154,000
Terraced (76)£130,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
10an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
31an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
10an 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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