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Lower Meadow Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 281Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 142937URN

Batemoor Road, Sheffield, S8 8EE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.5 below Sheffield median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Sheffield

42 applications for 30 places · 100th of 109 in Sheffield
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
45%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

Inspection history

  1. 26 February 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 5 June 2019
    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
1.4applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Sheffield median (1.9) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

42 applications · 30 places offered · 28 named it first

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

  1. 2026 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.3; Sheffield median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.3; Sheffield median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.3; Sheffield median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.3; Sheffield median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.2; Sheffield median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.1; Sheffield median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.3; Sheffield median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.2; Sheffield median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.1; Sheffield median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.1; Sheffield median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.1; Sheffield median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.2; Sheffield median median 2.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Sheffield median in 0 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Sheffield median

Dashed bars: as Lower Meadow Primary School (URN 133484), the previous school.

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 202630421.4280.93
Sep 202530381.3301.00
Sep 202442531.3390.93
Sep 202335471.3340.97
Sep 202239521.3380.97
Sep 202136431.2350.97
Sep 202040441.1370.93
Sep 201933441.3310.94
Sep 201832381.2310.97
Sep 201743471.1400.93
Sep 2016 *43481.1410.95
Sep 2015 *37421.1280.76
Sep 2014 *37431.2350.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 50% · Writing 53% · Maths 61% → all three 45% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard45%83rd of 107 in Sheffield
Reading
Expected standard50%
Higher standard8%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard53%
Greater depth11%
Maths
Expected standard61%
Higher standard16%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Sheffield median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2545%3%102102
2023/2444%3%103103
2022/2353%3%101103

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
142937 · 373/2045
Trust
Astrea Academy Trust
Capacity
315 pupils · 281 on roll
Free school meals
71.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 July 2016
Replaced
Lower Meadow Primary School (URN 133484)
Address
Batemoor Road, Sheffield, S8 8EE
Local authority
Sheffield

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