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Woodhouse West Primary School

Primary · Sheffield · S13 7BP

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 22 October 2024

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At a glance

366 pupils · 104% of 351 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
56.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
22.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
22.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.woodhousewest.org.uk
URN
147921

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 35 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. At its inspection on 22 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

35 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
46%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school46%
Median of its 12 closest peers66%
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
Windmill Primary SchoolTelford · 66 miles awayGood77%
Oasis Academy WatermeadSheffield · 5 miles awayGood70%
Brocklewood Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 27 miles awayGood56%
Glebefields Primary SchoolTipton · 63 miles awayGood46%
Windmill Primary SchoolLeeds · 29 miles awayGood74%
Ravensbury Community SchoolManchester · 34 miles awayUrgent improvement46%
Woodthorpe Primary SchoolSheffield · 1 miles awayGood63%
Kingsland Primary School (NC)Birmingham · 59 miles awayGood65%
Woodlands AcademyGrimsby · 54 miles awayGood78%
Rufford Primary and Nursery SchoolBulwell · 25 miles awayGood49%
Longshaw Community Junior SchoolBlackburn · 52 miles awayGood67%
Woodland Community Primary SchoolSkelmersdale · 59 miles awayRequires improvement69%

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.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 56% (Sheffield 56%, England 60%) · Black African 10% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 6% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Sheffield 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Sheffield 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Sheffield 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 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)
8.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.99 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
17.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% 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)

82.6% 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 £49,066; 21.7% 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£6,730
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) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £143,000; 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)
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 higher19.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30%18.1%
Residents in very good health36.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier47.6%62.3%
Social housing38.2%17.1%
Privately rented13.9%20.5%
Detached houses9.5%22.9%
Flats7.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van32.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007968 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£168,000149 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£140,000–£200,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (15)£240,000
Semi-detached (82)£170,000
Terraced (46)£142,000
Flat (6)£87,000

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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