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St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Sheffield · S6 2WJ

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 18 October 2022

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At a glance

211 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
35% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
44.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-marys.sheffield.sch.uk/
URN
140341

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 14 Reception places, 0.86 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2022 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 18 October 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.86 first-choice applications per place

14 places offered · 12 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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2022 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2022 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
Sheffield average59.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 99 miles awayGood67%
Bishop Parker Catholic SchoolMilton Keynes · 102 miles awayGood60%
St John's CofE (A) Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 40 miles awayNeeds attention48%
St Richard's Catholic Primary SchoolDover · 196 miles awayGood69%
St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary AcademyYork · 42 miles awayGood72%
St John's CofE SchoolStanmore · 132 miles awayGood74%
Rectory Farm Primary SchoolNorthampton · 83 miles awayGood45%
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolSalford · 33 miles awayExpected standard70%
St Augustine's CofE (Voluntary Aided) Junior SchoolPeterborough · 77 miles awayGood55%
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic PrimaryWorcester · 89 miles awayGood76%
Northlands Primary SchoolRugby · 71 miles awayGood (2015)70%
Primley Wood Primary SchoolLeeds · 32 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 29% (Sheffield 56%, England 60%) · Black African 16% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 10% (Sheffield 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 8% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 8% (Sheffield 2%, England 4%) · Any other White background 8% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Sheffield 0%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Sheffield 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.24 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
22.7
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)

45.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.8 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 £50,213; 30% 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£6,436
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 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £127,000; in-year balance +£131,000

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher55.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier58%62.3%
Social housing13.9%17.1%
Privately rented28.2%20.5%
Detached houses7.4%22.9%
Flats7.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van30.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008155 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£235,000787 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£196,000–£280,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (39)£370,000
Semi-detached (143)£270,000
Terraced (512)£234,500
Flat (93)£145,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
14an 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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