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Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery

  • 2–11Ages
  • 152Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 146498URN

Brightholmlee Lane, Sheffield, S35 0DD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.4 above Sheffield median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Sheffield

41 applications for 18 places · 30th of 109 in Sheffield
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
61%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 2 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.3applications per place, Reception
0.4 above Sheffield median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

41 applications · 18 places offered · 17 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; Sheffield median median 1.9
  2. 2025 5.8; Sheffield median median 1.9
  3. 2024 3.1; Sheffield median median 1.9
  4. 2023 2.8; Sheffield median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.7; Sheffield median median 1.9
  6. 2021 2.8; Sheffield median median 1.9
  7. 2020 3.9; Sheffield median median 2.1
  8. 2019 4.1; Sheffield median median 2.0; as the previous school
  9. 2018 3.8; Sheffield median median 2.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 3.3; Sheffield median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.5; Sheffield median median 2.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.7; Sheffield median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.0; Sheffield median median 2.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Sheffield median in 7 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Sheffield median

Dashed bars: as Wharncliffe Side Primary School (URN 107059), 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 202618412.3170.94
Sep 20256355.861.00
Sep 202413403.1131.00
Sep 202314392.8141.00
Sep 202223622.7271.17
Sep 202118502.8181.00
Sep 202015583.9151.00
Sep 2019 *13534.1110.85
Sep 2018 *20753.8211.05
Sep 2017 *20663.3170.85
Sep 2016 *25622.5200.80
Sep 2015 *13483.7131.00
Sep 2014 *20593.0221.10

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 61% · Maths 67% → all three 61% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard61%54th of 107 in Sheffield
Reading
Expected standard67%
Higher standard39%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard61%
Greater depth6%
Maths
Expected standard67%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Sheffield median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2561%6%107106
2023/2445%5%101101
2022/2359%3%105104

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
146498 · 373/2311
Trust
Peak Edge
Capacity
150 pupils · 152 on roll
Free school meals
35.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 May 2019
Replaced
Wharncliffe Side Primary School (URN 107059)
Address
Brightholmlee Lane, Sheffield, S35 0DD
Local authority
Sheffield

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