Totley Primary School

Totley Primary School is performing exceptionally well across all areas inspected. Pupils benefit from a broad, ambitious curriculum, expert teaching and a calm, caring environment where behaviour is excellent and learning is highly valued. Children get off to a strong start in the early years, reading is taught very effectively, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported with notable care and expertise.

Strengths

• Curriculum is broad, ambitious and goes beyond the national curriculum
• Pupils achieve well and confidently recall and apply knowledge
• Early years provision is vibrant, nurturing and highly effective
• Phonics teaching is expert and pupils needing extra reading help catch up quickly
• Reading fluency is prioritised so pupils access increasingly complex texts
• Provision for pupils with SEND is of remarkably high quality
• Personal development is woven throughout the school and tailored to pupils' needs
• Pupils are confident, socially aware ambassadors who speak out against prejudice and injustice
• Behaviour is exceptional and pupils are happy, courteous learners
• A wide range of enriching experiences supports pupils' wider development
• Leadership is exceptional and staff, parents and pupils feel valued
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

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 Totley Primary School attended 97.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.6% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Totley 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 Totley Primary School had 23.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 4.7% of pupils at Totley Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 Totley Primary School received £6,027 and spent £6,064 for each of its 423 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £84,000 (£198 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Mercia Learning Trust, income was £7,744 and spending £7,540 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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Totley Primary School is part of Mercia Learning Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• King Ecgbert School Sheffield
• Mercia School Sheffield
• Nether Edge Primary School Sheffield
• Newfield Secondary School Sheffield
• Anns Grove Primary School Sheffield
• Woodlands Primary School Sheffield
• Mercia Northridge School Sheffield

What is Totley Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Totley Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Totley Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Totley Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Totley Primary School have?

Totley Primary School has 424 pupils on roll.

What age range does Totley Primary School cover?

Totley Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 92% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Totley Primary School?

Totley Primary School is at Sunnyvale Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S17 4FB.