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Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Sheffield · S2 1UF

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 17 June 2025

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At a glance

385 pupils · 97% of 395 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
42.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
37.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
manorlodge.school
URN
143799

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 49 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. At its inspection on 17 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 49 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

46 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)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
100
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 peers65.5%
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
Lewis Street Primary SchoolManchester · 38 miles awayGood66%
Galleywall Primary, City of London AcademyLondon · 143 miles awayOutstanding (2019)69%
Leighton Primary and PreschoolPeterborough · 75 miles awayGood47%
Welland AcademyPeterborough · 74 miles awayGood50%
Stow Heath Primary SchoolWillenhall · 61 miles awayGood77%
Mile Cross Primary SchoolNorwich · 123 miles awayOutstanding (2017)67%
The Willow Primary SchoolLondon · 135 miles awayOutstanding62%
St Columba's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBradford · 30 miles awayGood58%
Chesterton Primary SchoolLondon · 142 miles awayOutstanding77%
St Margaret's CofE Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolOldham · 30 miles awayGood65%
Sebright SchoolLondon · 140 miles awayOutstanding (2019)75%
Oaktree Nursery and Primary SchoolSwindon · 126 miles awayGood36%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
11 of 10 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 37% (Sheffield 56%, England 60%) · Black African 17% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 11% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Sheffield 4%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 4% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Sheffield 0%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 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)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.84 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
17.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 4.76% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

76.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 18.2 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 £49,763; 18.2% 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£6,944
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£72,000; in-year balance -£57,000

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work21.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways32.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier51.7%62.3%
Social housing28.6%17.1%
Privately rented19.6%20.5%
Detached houses4.7%22.9%
Flats10.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van40%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007881 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£183,000274 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£140,000–£244,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (19)£250,000
Semi-detached (132)£236,000
Terraced (83)£154,000
Flat (40)£134,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
29an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
13an 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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