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Meersbrook Bank Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 229Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 107002URN

Derbyshire Lane, Sheffield, S8 9EH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.2per place
1.3 above Sheffield median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Sheffield

96 applications for 30 places · 5th of 109 in Sheffield
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
57%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 July 2026Published 29 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 July 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 6 July 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
3.2applications per place, Reception
1.3 above Sheffield median (1.9) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

96 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first

  1. 2026 3.2; Sheffield median median 1.9
  2. 2025 3.3; Sheffield median median 1.9
  3. 2024 4.1; Sheffield median median 1.9
  4. 2023 3.1; Sheffield median median 1.9
  5. 2022 3.0; Sheffield median median 1.9
  6. 2021 3.8; Sheffield median median 1.9
  7. 2020 3.8; Sheffield median median 2.1
  8. 2019 3.5; Sheffield median median 2.0
  9. 2018 4.2; Sheffield median median 2.0
  10. 2017 3.0; Sheffield median median 1.9
  11. 2016 3.6; Sheffield median median 2.1
  12. 2015 3.8; Sheffield median median 2.0
  13. 2014 3.3; Sheffield median median 2.1
More applications per place than the Sheffield median in 13 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 202630963.2301.00
Sep 202526863.3250.96
Sep 2024301224.1391.30
Sep 202330933.1301.00
Sep 202227803.0260.96
Sep 2021301153.8341.13
Sep 2020291093.8361.24
Sep 2019301063.5461.53
Sep 2018301254.2491.63
Sep 201731933.0361.16
Sep 2016301093.6421.40
Sep 2015301153.8301.00
Sep 201430993.3371.23

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 77% · Writing 77% · Maths 70% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard57%65th of 107 in Sheffield
Reading
Expected standard77%
Higher standard47%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard77%
Greater depth20%
Maths
Expected standard70%
Higher standard27%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Sheffield median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2557%17%106105
2023/2457%7%106105
2022/2358%6%105106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

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
107002 · 373/2081
Capacity
210 pupils · 229 on roll
Free school meals
9.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Derbyshire Lane, Sheffield, S8 9EH
Local authority
Sheffield

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources