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Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 480Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 131082URN

Boynton Road, Sheffield, S5 7HL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodFeb 2020
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.3 below Sheffield median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Sheffield

97 applications for 60 places · 79th of 109 in Sheffield
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
68%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodFeb 2020
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025
The graded inspection, 12 February 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 25 June 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 12 February 2020
    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
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Sheffield median (1.9) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

97 applications · 60 places offered · 72 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.9; Sheffield median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.8; Sheffield median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.3; Sheffield median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.8; Sheffield median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.9; Sheffield median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.9; Sheffield median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.7; Sheffield median median 1.9
  11. 2016 2.2; Sheffield median median 2.1
  12. 2015 1.8; Sheffield median median 2.0
  13. 2014 2.3; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202660971.6721.20
Sep 202544841.9441.00
Sep 2024601061.8741.23
Sep 202360921.5621.03
Sep 202258771.3530.91
Sep 202160911.5580.97
Sep 2020601071.8671.12
Sep 2019601151.9691.15
Sep 2018601151.9731.22
Sep 2017601001.7691.15
Sep 2016601342.2781.30
Sep 2015601101.8570.95
Sep 2014601352.3891.48

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 73% · Maths 76% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%33rd of 107 in Sheffield
Reading
Expected standard78%
Higher standard34%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard73%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard76%
Higher standard20%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Sheffield median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2568%0%105103
2023/2460%0%102101
2022/2355%0%103101

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
131082 · 373/3432
Capacity
472 pupils · 480 on roll
Free school meals
57.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2008
Address
Boynton Road, Sheffield, S5 7HL
Local authority
Sheffield

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