Community school · Sheffield

Dore Primary School

3–11Ages
484Pupils
PrimaryPhase
132152URN

Furniss Avenue, Sheffield, S17 3QP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.5per place

0.6 above Sheffield median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Sheffield

138 applications for 55 places · 17th of 109 in Sheffield

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

82%met the expected standard

Sheffield 61% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 18 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
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 entry

2.5applications per place, Reception

0.6 above Sheffield median (1.9) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

138 applications · 55 places offered · 50 named it first

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

2026 2.5; Sheffield median median 1.9
2025 2.3; Sheffield median median 1.9
2024 2.5; Sheffield median median 1.9
2023 2.7; Sheffield median median 1.9
2022 3.1; Sheffield median median 1.9
2021 2.1; Sheffield median median 1.9
2020 3.0; Sheffield median median 2.1
2019 2.7; Sheffield median median 2.0
2018 2.7; Sheffield median median 2.0
2017 2.8; Sheffield median median 1.9
2016 2.9; Sheffield median median 2.1
2015 2.5; Sheffield median median 2.0
2014 2.4; 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	55	138	2.5	50	0.91
Sep 2025	60	140	2.3	57	0.95
Sep 2024	60	151	2.5	68	1.13
Sep 2023	59	157	2.7	72	1.22
Sep 2022	60	184	3.1	74	1.23
Sep 2021	85	178	2.1	81	0.95
Sep 2020	60	178	3.0	60	1.00
Sep 2019	60	161	2.7	72	1.20
Sep 2018	60	163	2.7	66	1.10
Sep 2017	60	167	2.8	77	1.28
Sep 2016	60	173	2.9	80	1.33
Sep 2015	60	150	2.5	66	1.10
Sep 2014	60	142	2.4	67	1.12

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 95% · Writing 90% · Maths 87% → all three 82% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard82%7th of 107 in Sheffield

Sheffield 61% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard95%

Sheffield 74% England 78%

Higher standard50%

Sheffield 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard90%

Sheffield 70% England 75%

Greater depth23%

Sheffield 6% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard87%

Sheffield 75% England 77%

Higher standard37%

Sheffield 23% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Sheffield median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	82%	17%	110	108
2023/24	66%	10%	106	105
2022/23	77%	8%	108	105

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

Dore Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
1.1 km · Sheffield

2026

3.4applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
Totley Primary School
1.2 km · Sheffield

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.6applications per place 92%met the SATs standard
Bradway Primary School
2.0 km · Sheffield

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Dobcroft Junior School
3.1 km · Sheffield

2026
William Levick Primary School
3.2 km · Derbyshire

Remains Good2024

2.3applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
Dobcroft Nursery Infant School
3.3 km · Sheffield

Good2021

2.2applications per place
Greenhill Primary School
3.4 km · Sheffield

Good2022

1.9applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School
3.4 km · Sheffield

Good2022

2.3applications per place 77%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: 132152 · 373/2364
Capacity: 450 pupils · 484 on roll
Free school meals: 7.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2000
Address: Furniss Avenue, Sheffield, S17 3QP
Local authority: Sheffield

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