Dinnington Community Primary School

Dinnington Community Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement. While the school has made notable progress in enhancing student behavior and attendance, it still faces challenges in delivering a consistently ambitious curriculum that supports students, particularly in writing and knowledge retention. The leadership, although making strides with guidance from the White Woods Primary Academy Trust, has areas to address in ensuring that teaching approaches effectively leverage assessment data to close learning gaps. The positive atmosphere of the school fosters happiness and safety among pupils, who are increasingly engaged in their learning.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel safe at school.
• The teaching of phonics is now secure, leading to improved outcomes in the Year 1 phonics check.
• The curriculum includes enrichment activities, broadening pupils' experiences.
• The early years provision is effective, with a focus on building foundational social skills.
• Leadership is increasingly strong and supported by the academy improvement board.

Areas for Improvement

• The quality of education requires improvement due to gaps in curriculum delivery.
• Pupils struggle to retain and apply knowledge across subjects.
• Writing instruction does not adequately develop pupils' skills over time.
• The school does not effectively check for gaps in pupils' knowledge or address misconceptions.

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 Dinnington Community Primary School attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.1% 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 Dinnington Community 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 Dinnington Community Primary School had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 34.9% 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, 21.7% of pupils at Dinnington Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.0% 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 2024–25 Dinnington Community Primary School received £8,295 and spent £7,701 for each of its 185 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £412,000 (-£2,226 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of White Woods Primary Academy Trust, income was £6,728 and spending £6,451 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 · Rotherham local authority: places and applications

Dinnington Community Primary School is part of White Woods Primary Academy Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• Anston Park Infant School Sheffield
• Anston Park Junior School Sheffield
• Anston Brook Primary School Sheffield
• Woodsetts Primary School Worksop
• Bramley Grange Primary School Rotherham
• Wickersley Northfield Primary School Rotherham
• Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School Rotherham
• Whiston Junior and Infant School Rotherham
• Canklow Woods Primary School Rotherham
• Brinsworth Manor Junior School Rotherham

What is Dinnington Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dinnington Community Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in November 2025.

When was Dinnington Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dinnington Community Primary School was last inspected in November 2025.

How many pupils does Dinnington Community Primary School have?

Dinnington Community Primary School has 184 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dinnington Community Primary School cover?

Dinnington Community Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dinnington Community Primary School?

Dinnington Community Primary School is at School Street, Dinnington, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S25 2RE.