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Hillsborough Nursery & Primary School

Primary · Sheffield · S6 2AA

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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: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 June 2026 · report published 24 September 2026

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At a glance

349 pupils · 83% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
46.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
32.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.hillsborough.sheffield.sch.uk/
URN
140310

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 35 families named it first for 36 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 9 June 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 5.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

36 places offered · 35 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)

39 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
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 peers60.5%
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
Lodge Farm Primary SchoolWillenhall · 60 miles awayGood39%
Malmesbury Primary SchoolMorden · 150 miles awayGood70%
St Mary's Catholic Primary AcademyWolverhampton · 61 miles awayGood78%
Arbury Primary SchoolCambridge · 106 miles awayGood66%
Northfield Manor Primary AcademyBirmingham · 70 miles awayStrong standard75%
Oakhill Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 41 miles awayGood58%
Tyldesley St George's Central CofE Primary School and NurseryManchester · 40 miles awayGood61%
The Isaac Newton Primary SchoolGrantham · 49 miles awayGood42%
Holy Family Catholic AcademyWigan · 46 miles awayGood55%
Hanover Primary SchoolLondon · 143 miles awayGood67%
Burford Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 32 miles awayGood53%
Leigh St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolLeigh · 43 miles awayGood60%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 54% (Sheffield 56%, England 60%) · Black African 11% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Sheffield 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 5% (Sheffield 2%, England 4%) · Any other White background 5% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Sheffield 0%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 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)
5.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.73 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 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
18.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% 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)

72.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 21.6 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 £40,560; 12.5% 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£7,240
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £511,000; in-year balance +£122,000

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier69.8%62.3%
Social housing1.7%17.1%
Privately rented28.5%20.5%
Detached houses9.1%22.9%
Flats10%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van25.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008091 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£206,500558 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£165,000–£245,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (25)£289,500
Semi-detached (116)£256,500
Terraced (364)£200,000
Flat (53)£125,000

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

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
37an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
12an 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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