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Brightside Nursery Infant School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 206Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 106987URN

Jenkin Road, Sheffield, S9 1AS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.4 below Sheffield median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Sheffield

88 applications for 60 places · 93rd of 109 in Sheffield

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 11 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.5applications per place, Reception
0.4 below Sheffield median (1.9) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

88 applications · 60 places offered · 58 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.7; Sheffield median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.4; Sheffield median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.7; Sheffield median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.5; Sheffield median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.6; Sheffield median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.5; Sheffield median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.6; Sheffield median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Sheffield median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Sheffield median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202660881.5580.97
Sep 202560941.6601.00
Sep 202445751.7420.93
Sep 202354821.5520.96
Sep 202259821.4601.02
Sep 202152721.4510.98
Sep 202056801.4550.98
Sep 2019601041.7641.07
Sep 201861901.5590.97
Sep 201760951.6530.88
Sep 201660961.6681.13
Sep 201560921.5641.07
Sep 201460961.6631.05

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
106987 · 373/2014
Capacity
180 pupils · 206 on roll
Free school meals
36.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Jenkin Road, Sheffield, S9 1AS
Local authority
Sheffield

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources