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St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

Primary · Sheffield · S36 1DG

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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: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 October 2019

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At a glance

97 pupils · 69% of 140 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
19.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.st-anns.sheffield.sch.uk
URN
140441

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 10 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 8 October 2019, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

10 places offered · 10 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
50%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school50%
Median of its 12 closest peers51.5%
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
Beckley Church of England Primary SchoolRye · 196 miles awayGood50%
Bere Regis Primary and PreschoolWareham · 190 miles awayGood45%
Cassop Primary SchoolDurham · 87 miles awayGood53%
Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary SchoolSpalding · 71 miles awayGood94%
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolPlymouth · 240 miles awayGood100%
Salehurst Church of England Primary SchoolRobertsbridge · 193 miles awayGood32%
Summercourt AcademyNewquay · 258 miles awayGood71%
Nanpean Community Primary SchoolSt Austell · 256 miles awayNeeds attention29%
Netherfield CofE Primary SchoolBattle · 195 miles awayExpected standard72%
Hartshorne CofE Primary SchoolSwadlincote · 48 miles awayGood38%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolSherborne · 183 miles awayNeeds attention31%
Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolSittingbourne · 175 miles awayExpected standard53%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 78% (Sheffield 56%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 4% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%)

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)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.08 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)

81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% moved to another state school

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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 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 £50,337; 33.3% 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£8,198
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£244,000; in-year balance -£80,000

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways28.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health37.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier55.6%62.3%
Social housing34.9%17.1%
Privately rented9.3%20.5%
Detached houses18.6%22.9%
Flats21.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11%21.1%
Households with no car or van30%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008145 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£175,500242 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£147,000–£222,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (54)£275,000
Semi-detached (83)£175,000
Terraced (76)£150,000
Flat (29)£180,000

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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