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Ballifield Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 459Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 107047URN

Handsworth Grange Road, Sheffield, S13 9HH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMar 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2022
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
close to Sheffield median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Sheffield

125 applications for 60 places · 41st of 109 in Sheffield
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
59%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMar 2012
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2022

Inspection history

  1. 24 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 5 March 2012
    Graded inspection: 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
2.1applications per place, Reception
close to Sheffield median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

125 applications · 60 places offered · 57 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Sheffield median median 1.9
  2. 2025 2.2; Sheffield median median 1.9
  3. 2024 2.0; Sheffield median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.7; Sheffield median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.8; Sheffield median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.4; Sheffield median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.6; Sheffield median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.7; Sheffield median median 2.0
  9. 2018 2.9; Sheffield median median 2.0
  10. 2017 3.1; Sheffield median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.9; Sheffield median median 2.1
  12. 2015 2.9; Sheffield median median 2.0
  13. 2014 2.6; 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 2026601252.1570.95
Sep 2025601292.2611.02
Sep 2024551082.0530.96
Sep 2023531442.7460.87
Sep 2022601692.8821.37
Sep 2021601452.4631.05
Sep 2020601572.6701.17
Sep 2019601592.7500.83
Sep 2018601752.9661.10
Sep 2017601843.1731.22
Sep 2016601732.9821.37
Sep 2015601722.9961.60
Sep 2014601552.6831.38

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 64% · Writing 75% · Maths 71% → all three 59% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard59%59th of 107 in Sheffield
Reading
Expected standard64%
Higher standard25%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard75%
Greater depth13%
Maths
Expected standard71%
Higher standard32%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Sheffield median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2559%9%104105
2023/2457%10%104104
2022/2350%10%102102

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

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
107047 · 373/2281
Capacity
420 pupils · 459 on roll
Free school meals
19.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Handsworth Grange Road, Sheffield, S13 9HH
Local authority
Sheffield

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