Renishaw Primary School

Renishaw Primary School is making progress towards improving its overall performance, especially in behaviour and attendance, which have both seen significant improvements. The school has a nurturing environment that supports pupil wellbeing and inclusivity. Nonetheless, there are ongoing challenges with the curriculum, particularly in early years and key stage 1, where foundational skills in literacy and numeracy are not being developed adequately, leading to below-average national test performance in reading and writing. The leadership team is aware of these issues and is actively working on strategies to enhance curriculum delivery and ensure that all pupils are well-prepared for their next stages in education.

Strengths

• Effective safeguarding practices that ensure pupils feel safe.
• Strong relationships and a nurturing environment that supports inclusion.
• High expectations of pupil behaviour resulting in calm and orderly classrooms.
• Schools provide a range of opportunities for pupil engagement in activities like music.
• Close monitoring of attendance leading to gradual improvements, especially for disadvantaged pupils.
• Positive feedback from parents about the care and support provided.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils have not performed well in reading and writing national tests.
• Curriculum in early years and key stage 1 lacks precision in teaching foundational skills.
• Some subjects do not have focused teaching on important knowledge and vocabulary.
• Teachers do not consistently help pupils to correct basic errors in writing.

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 Renishaw Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.5% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Renishaw 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 Renishaw Primary School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.2% 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, 15.5% of pupils at Renishaw Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Renishaw Primary School received £8,018 and spent £8,092 for each of its 181 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £17,000 (-£95 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 Renishaw Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Renishaw Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Renishaw Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Renishaw Primary School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Renishaw Primary School have?

Renishaw Primary School has 187 pupils on roll.

What age range does Renishaw Primary School cover?

Renishaw Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Renishaw Primary School?

Renishaw Primary School is at Hague Lane, Renishaw, Sheffield, Derbyshire, S21 3UR.