Killamarsh Junior School

Killamarsh Junior School is a friendly, welcoming school where pupils feel happy, safe and well cared for. Inspectors found behaviour and personal development to be good, with pupils conducting themselves well, playing harmoniously and benefiting from a broad personal development programme. Reading is a strong feature of school life, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The quality of education and leadership and management require improvement. The school has experienced significant turbulence in recent years, but the new headteacher, who took up post in September 2024, has brought recent improvements and a stronger shared vision. Pupils learn a broad curriculum, but its delivery and assessment are inconsistent, so not all pupils learn the planned curriculum as well as they should. Some teachers do not consistently check understanding or ensure high-quality writing, meaning some pupils persist with spelling and punctuation errors. Attendance has improved, and parents, staff and pupils speak highly of the new leadership. The school is working to address previous historical issues and has a stable staff team, but further work is needed to ensure consistently strong curriculum implementation and high expectations for pupils' written work.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy, safe and well cared for in a friendly and welcoming school.
• Behaviour and attitudes are good, with orderly movement around school and quick staff responses to negative behaviour.
• Pupils are keen to learn and focus well in lessons.
• The curriculum is broad and makes interesting links across subjects.
• Art and design is developing well, with a well-sequenced curriculum.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported and have clear targets.
• Reading is an important part of school life, with effective phonics teaching and strong reading culture.
• Personal development is well considered, including learning about relationships, safety and society.
• Attendance has improved through careful analysis and fast interventions.
• Leadership is compassionate and has created a stable, happy staff team with a shared vision.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• The quality of education requires improvement because curriculum delivery and assessment are inconsistent.
• Not all pupils learn the planned curriculum as well as they should.
• Checks on pupils' understanding are not always frequent enough to identify misconceptions.
• Some teachers do not ensure pupils produce high-quality work.
• Some pupils repeatedly make spelling and punctuation errors that are not always corrected, affecting writing accuracy.
• Staff occasionally do not create enriching learning experiences for pupils.
• Leadership and management require improvement despite recent improvements.

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 Killamarsh Junior School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.0% 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, 3.7% of pupils at Killamarsh 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 Killamarsh Junior School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.4% 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, 22.2% of pupils at Killamarsh Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Killamarsh Junior School received £8,817 and spent £9,024 for each of its 126 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £242,000 (-£1,923 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 Killamarsh Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Killamarsh Junior School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Killamarsh Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Killamarsh Junior School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Killamarsh Junior School have?

Killamarsh Junior School has 126 pupils on roll.

What age range does Killamarsh Junior School cover?

Killamarsh Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 39% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Killamarsh Junior School?

Killamarsh Junior School is at 38 Sheffield Road, Killamarsh, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S21 2EA.