Lydgate Infant School

Lydgate Infant School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils enjoy a supportive learning environment where they feel safe and ready to learn. The positive behavior and high levels of care from staff contribute to a harmonious atmosphere. Leaders are ambitious about the curriculum, ensuring that knowledge is well-sequenced, starting from early years and building up to key stage 1. There is a strong focus on reading, with effective strategies in place to support pupils' learning. The school is enriched by its diverse community, fostering respect and understanding among its pupils. While there are significant strengths in the curriculum and support systems for pupils with special educational needs, the school recognizes the need for improvements in assessing pupil progress consistently across all subjects. Additionally, there are fewer opportunities for pupils to take on roles that cultivate responsibility and independence. Addressing these areas will further enhance the school’s overall educational offering and prepare pupils for their future roles in society.

Strengths

• Supportive and welcoming learning environment
• Positive behavior and strong relationships among pupils
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum
• High priority on reading with effective phonics instruction
• Strong support systems for pupils with SEND
• Diversity embraced and celebrated within the school community
• Staff well-being and professional development are valued

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in assessing what pupils know across the curriculum
• Limited opportunities for pupils to undertake additional roles and responsibilities

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 Infant School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.4% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Lydgate Infant 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 Infant School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 2.7% of pupils at Lydgate Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 Infant School received £6,425 and spent £6,360 for each of its 341 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £87,000 (-£255 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).

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

All schools in Sheffield · Sheffield local authority: places and applications

What is Lydgate Infant School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Lydgate Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lydgate Infant School was last inspected in August 2023.

How many pupils does Lydgate Infant School have?

Lydgate Infant School has 339 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lydgate Infant School cover?

Lydgate Infant School for pupils aged 5 to 7.

Where is Lydgate Infant School?

Lydgate Infant School is at Lydgate Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 5FQ.