Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Sheffield
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry48 applications · 31 places offered · 31 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2025 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2023 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2022 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2021 1.7; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2020 1.6; Sheffield median median 2.1
- 2019 1.9; Sheffield median median 2.0
- 2018 2.0; Sheffield median median 2.0
- 2017 1.7; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2016 1.8; Sheffield median median 2.1
- 2015 1.5; Sheffield median median 2.0
- 2014 1.4; Sheffield median median 2.1
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 31 | 48 | 1.6 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 47 | 1.6 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 46 | 1.8 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 32 | 44 | 1.4 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 34 | 55 | 1.6 | 33 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 40 | 69 | 1.7 | 38 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 53 | 82 | 1.6 | 45 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 34 | 64 | 1.9 | 34 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 34 | 68 | 2.0 | 33 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 40 | 67 | 1.7 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 59 | 104 | 1.8 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 54 | 80 | 1.5 | 54 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 54 | 75 | 1.4 | 51 | 0.94 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Waterthorpe Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.6applications per place
- 0.0 km · SheffieldRemains Good202359%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SheffieldGood20231.5applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · SheffieldRemains Good20241.9applications per place
- 1.3 km · SheffieldGood20231.7applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SheffieldSome aspects not as strong20241.9applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Sheffield202669%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · SheffieldGood20241.3applications per place
- 1.6 km · SheffieldGood202248%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 107064 · 373/2319
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 123 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Thorpe Drive, Waterthorpe, Waterthorpe Ni School, Sheffield, S20 7JU
- Local authority
- Sheffield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources