Nether Edge Primary School

Nether Edge Primary School is a highly effective school where pupils are happy, achieve well and conduct themselves exceptionally well. Inspectors found a well-designed and well-delivered curriculum, strong support for pupils with SEND, highly effective phonics and reading teaching, and a particularly strong early years provision. Pupils, including those with low starting points, make strong progress, and attendance is managed well. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. Personal development is a notable strength: pupils learn about safety, relationships and British values, take on leadership roles, and contribute positively to the community. Leadership is strong throughout the school, staff feel well supported in their workload and wellbeing, and governance is a strength. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection; it is an academy converter within Mercia Learning Trust, and no overall effectiveness grade is awarded under current arrangements. The report identifies no areas for improvement and praises provision across every judged area.

Strengths

• Highly effective early years provision that prepares children extremely well for Year 1
• Expert phonics teaching that helps pupils become confident and fluent readers quickly
• An inspiring, well-sequenced curriculum personalised to the school's context
• Pupils achieve well, including those who enter with low starting points
• Strong, inclusive support for pupils with SEND
• Exemplary pupil behaviour and a strong culture of respect
• Very effective attendance management and positive engagement with parents
• A strong personal development offer that equips pupils for life beyond school
• Pupils contribute to the community through leadership, charity and local activities
• High-quality leadership throughout the school
• Staff feel highly supported in their workload and wellbeing
• Strong governance and effective safeguarding arrangements

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 Nether Edge Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.5% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Nether Edge 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 Nether Edge Primary School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.3% 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, 10.0% of pupils at Nether Edge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Nether Edge Primary School received £7,123 and spent £6,722 for each of its 454 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £209,000 (£459 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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Nether Edge Primary School is part of Mercia Learning Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Nether Edge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nether Edge Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Nether Edge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Nether Edge Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Nether Edge Primary School have?

Nether Edge Primary School has 478 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nether Edge Primary School cover?

Nether Edge Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Nether Edge Primary School?

Nether Edge Primary School is at Glen Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S7 1RB.