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Windmill Hill Primary School

Primary · Sheffield · S35 1ZD

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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 15 September 2026 · report published 12 October 2026

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At a glance

266 pupils · 70% of 378 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
19.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://windmillhill.sheffield.sch.uk/
URN
145373

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 33 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 15 September 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 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

33 places offered · 32 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
44%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
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 school44%
Median of its 12 closest peers69.5%
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
Old Hall Junior SchoolChesterfield · 16 miles awayGood74%
Belmont CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolDurham · 92 miles awayExpected standard73%
Repton Primary SchoolDerby · 43 miles awayGood73%
Richard Wakefield CofE Primary AcademyBurton-on-Trent · 42 miles awayGood61%
Bracken Lane Primary AcademyRetford · 25 miles awayStrong standard72%
Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde · 67 miles awayExpected standard48%
Framlingham Sir Robert Hitcham's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolFramlingham, Woodbridge · 145 miles awayGood71%
Long Row Primary SchoolBelper · 30 miles awayGood55%
Westdale Junior SchoolNottingham · 36 miles awayGood63%
Ashover Primary SchoolChesterfield · 20 miles awayStrong standard79%
Yewdale SchoolCarlisle · 116 miles awayGood68%
Leyland Methodist Junior SchoolLeyland · 52 miles awayGood46%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Sheffield 56%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Sheffield 4%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 0%) · 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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.80 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
25.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector

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)

68.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.5 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 £45,586; 21.4% 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£6,259
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£97,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health39.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier91.2%62.3%
Social housing1.1%17.1%
Privately rented7.7%20.5%
Detached houses25.3%22.9%
Flats4.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007897 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£224,500314 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£178,000–£285,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (90)£310,500
Semi-detached (142)£220,000
Terraced (66)£167,000
Flat (16)£132,500

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
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an 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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