Beck Primary School

Beck Primary School is performing well overall, classified as 'Good' across all inspected areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school is recognized as a welcoming community hub, supporting pupils and their families effectively, particularly during challenging times. With high expectations for both academic and social outcomes, pupils generally achieve well and demonstrate positive behaviour, aided by a structured environment. Current efforts to improve attendance, particularly following the impact of the pandemic, are showing positive results, with many pupils now engaging more fully in their education.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community with support for families.
• High expectations for academic and social outcomes.
• Effective curriculum redesign addressing gaps in learning.
• Emphasis on reading with successful phonics programme.
• Good support for pupils with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Lack of clarity in essential knowledge and skills in a minority of subjects.
• Assessment strategies not fully developed in these subjects.

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 Beck Primary School attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.3% 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, 3.6% of pupils at Beck Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Beck Primary School had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.1% 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, 19.0% of pupils at Beck Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 1 pupil and resourced provision with 3 pupils.

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 Beck Primary School received £7,464 and spent £7,569 for each of its 678 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £342,000 (£504 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Cascade Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,028 and spending £8,070 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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Beck Primary School is part of Cascade Multi Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Hucklow Primary School Sheffield
• Limpsfield Junior School Sheffield
• Owler Brook Primary School Sheffield
• Whiteways Primary School Sheffield
• Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School Sheffield

What is Beck Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beck Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Beck Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beck Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Beck Primary School have?

Beck Primary School has 690 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beck Primary School cover?

Beck Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 30% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beck Primary School?

Beck Primary School is at Beck Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 0GG.