Lound Infant School

Lound Infant School continues to perform well and maintains its status as a good school. Pupils are happy, well-behaved, and actively engaged in their learning. Parents have expressed high satisfaction with the school's environment and the positive relationships fostered by staff. The school has successfully integrated new families and is implementing a broad and rich curriculum to prepare students for their future education. However, there are areas requiring improvement, particularly in the assessment practices across the curriculum which need to be enhanced to better identify knowledge gaps in pupils’ understanding.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a positive and engaging school atmosphere.
• There is a strong emphasis on personal development and well-being.
• Reading is prioritized with a well-structured phonics programme.
• Mathematics curriculum is ambitious and well-planned.
• Support for pupils with special educational needs is effective.
• Relationships with the community and parents are positive.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment practices are not fully developed, hindering precise planning for learning.

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 Lound Infant School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Lound 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 Lound Infant School had 24.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.6% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Lound Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% 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 2024–25 Lound Infant School received £6,935 and spent £7,211 for each of its 145 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,000 (£13 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Steel City Schools Partnership, income was £7,074 and spending £6,980 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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All schools in Sheffield · Sheffield local authority: places and applications

Lound Infant School is part of Steel City Schools Partnership, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Lound Junior School Sheffield
• Windmill Hill Primary School Sheffield
• Monteney Primary School Sheffield
• Mansel Primary Sheffield
• Fox Hill Primary Sheffield
• Bankwood Primary School Sheffield
• Woodseats Primary School Sheffield
• Greenhill Primary School Sheffield
• Brook House Junior Sheffield

What is Lound Infant School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Lound Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lound Infant School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Lound Infant School have?

Lound Infant School has 142 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lound Infant School cover?

Lound Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Lound Infant School?

Lound Infant School is at Sherburn Gate, Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 2EU.