Southey Green Nursery & Primary School

Southey Green Nursery & Primary School is performing well overall, with notable strengths in safeguarding, attendance, and the academic progress of pupils in English and mathematics. Pupils generally achieve above the national average in core subjects, and the school's positive culture helps to create a safe learning environment. Despite some challenges in ensuring consistent attendance and performance in foundation subjects, leadership and teaching staff exhibit a strong commitment to continuous improvement. The school benefits from collaboration with the INOVA Multi-Academy Trust, which supports its development and has instituted effective curriculum and professional development processes.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well in English and mathematics, with progress above national averages.
• Strong emphasis on safeguarding ensures pupils feel safe and supported.
• Attendance strategies are showing a positive impact, reducing persistent absence over time.
• High-quality training for staff enhances teaching and learning practices.
• The school's broad curriculum effectively prepares pupils for the next stage of their education.
• Early years development focuses on communication and language, leading to solid foundations for future learning.
• Positive relationships between adults and pupils contribute to a supportive learning environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils do not achieve consistently well in foundation subjects.
• Persistent absence remains high for some groups of pupils.

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 Southey Green Nursery & Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.7% 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, 2.2% of pupils at Southey Green Nursery & Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 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 Southey Green Nursery & Primary School had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.6% 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, 12.0% of pupils at Southey Green Nursery & Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 2024–25 Southey Green Nursery & Primary School received £7,545 and spent £7,624 for each of its 682 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,204,000 (£1,766 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Inova Multi-Academy Trust Limited, income was £7,607 and spending £7,667 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Southey Green Nursery & Primary School is part of Inova Multi-Academy Trust Limited, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Meynell Nursery & Primary School Sheffield
• Hillsborough Nursery & Primary School Sheffield
• Wisewood Nursery & Primary School Sheffield
• Forge Valley School & Sixth Form Sheffield
• Shooters Grove Nursery and Primary School Sheffield
• Bradfield Secondary School Sheffield
• Tapton School & Sixth Form Sheffield
• Hallam Nursery & Primary School Sheffield
• Dobcroft Junior School Sheffield

What is Southey Green Nursery & Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Southey Green Nursery & Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Southey Green Nursery & Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Southey Green Nursery & Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Southey Green Nursery & Primary School have?

Southey Green Nursery & Primary School has 701 pupils on roll.

What age range does Southey Green Nursery & Primary School cover?

Southey Green Nursery & Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Southey Green Nursery & Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Southey Green Nursery & Primary School?

Southey Green Nursery & Primary School is at Crowder Avenue, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 7QG.