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Pye Bank CofE Primary School

Primary · Sheffield · S3 9EF

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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 June 2022

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At a glance

446 pupils · 100% of 446 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
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Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
60.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
70.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.pyebank.sheffield.sch.uk
URN
146841

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 45 families named it first for 46 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 8 June 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. 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

0.98 first-choice applications per place

46 places offered · 45 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
55%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
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 school55%
Median of its 12 closest peers56.5%
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
Summerbank Primary AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 39 miles awayGood75%
Alma Primary SchoolEnfield · 135 miles awayGood73%
Holy Cross Ceva Primary SchoolOldham · 29 miles awayGood (2015)58%
Blakesley Hall Primary SchoolBirmingham · 65 miles awayGood43%
Phillimore Community Primary SchoolSheffield · 2 miles awayGood49%
John Perryn Primary SchoolLondon · 139 miles awayGood58%
Hamer Community Primary SchoolRochdale · 32 miles awayGood55%
Alumwell Junior SchoolWalsall · 60 miles awayGood53%
Northmoor AcademyOldham · 29 miles awayGood53%
Chantry Community Primary SchoolGravesend · 156 miles awayExpected standard45%
Welbourne Primary SchoolLondon · 138 miles awayExpected standard63%
Churchfield Primary SchoolLondon · 135 miles awayGood61%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 35% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 34% (Sheffield 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 12% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · White Gypsy/Roma 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 0%) · White British 2% (Sheffield 56%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 2%)

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)
16%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.49 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
20.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% 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)

54.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.9 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 £51,696; 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£7,468
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £153,000; in-year balance +£87,000

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications32%18.1%
In managerial or professional work9.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways33%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier17.7%62.3%
Social housing60.5%17.1%
Privately rented21.3%20.5%
Detached houses6.2%22.9%
Flats58%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van49.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033269 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£144,500284 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£111,500–£190,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (23)£160,000
Terraced (47)£130,000
Flat (213)£144,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth 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
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
12an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
59an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an 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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