Coit Primary School

Coit Primary School has demonstrated a solid performance overall, earning a Good rating in most domains while achieving Outstanding in behaviour, personal development, and early years provision. This reflects a nurturing environment where pupils thrive, showing exemplary behaviour and engaging actively in their learning. Parents and pupils alike express positive sentiments about the school, highlighting its strong sense of community and the support offered by the staff. The school’s ambitious and well-structured curriculum caters to all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), although some areas of the curriculum could benefit from more consistent implementation. While the school excels in many areas, it faces ongoing challenges in ensuring that all subjects reflect the same level of understanding among pupils. The school is adapting to the expectations of a new inspection framework following a lengthy gap since its last graded inspection. Through effective leadership and support systems, the school fosters high aspirations and aims to better integrate these standards across the curriculum, particularly in a few subjects where execution has been lacking.

Strengths

• Excellent behaviour and attitudes of pupils
• Strong sense of community within the school
• Exceptional personal development opportunities for students
• Ambitious and engaging curriculum
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• High expectations and aspirations for all pupils
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• High-quality early years provision
• Effective systems for assessing pupils' knowledge and skills
• Proactive engagement in community service and charities

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum in some subjects, limiting understanding

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 Coit Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.3% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Coit Primary 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 Coit Primary School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 28.3% 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, 16.3% of pupils at Coit Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Coit Primary School received £7,491 and spent £7,679 for each of its 203 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £14,000 (£71 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 Coit Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Coit Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Coit Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Coit Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Coit Primary School have?

Coit Primary School has 203 pupils on roll.

What age range does Coit Primary School cover?

Coit Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Coit Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Coit Primary School?

Coit Primary School is at Park Avenue, Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 1WH.