Lydgate Junior School

Lydgate Junior School remains a good institution with a strong reputation for fostering a respectful and safe environment for its pupils. The school successfully emphasizes the importance of rights, enabling students to understand and interact positively with one another and the teachers. Overall, students perform well, particularly in reading and mathematics, although writing has been identified as an area requiring further improvement. The commitment to enhancing writing skills is evident, with leaders implementing improvement plans and monitoring their effectiveness.

Strengths

• Strong emphasis on pupils' rights and respect.
• High achievement in reading and mathematics.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• A wide variety of extra-curricular activities.
• High expectations for behavior resulting in a positive learning environment.
• Successful collaboration with the local infant school for smooth transitions.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent systems for assessing long-term retention of learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Lydgate Junior School attended 97.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Lydgate Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Lydgate Junior School had 24.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 8.1% of pupils at Lydgate Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Lydgate Junior School received £5,544 and spent £5,583 for each of its 483 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £48,000 (£98 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Lydgate Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lydgate Junior School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Lydgate Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lydgate Junior School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Lydgate Junior School have?

Lydgate Junior School has 482 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lydgate Junior School cover?

Lydgate Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Lydgate Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lydgate Junior School?

Lydgate Junior School is at Manchester Road, Crosspool, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 5DP.