Aston Lodge Primary School

Aston Lodge Primary School has made significant progress since its last inspection, moving from a grade of 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good' overall. The school's leaders demonstrate a strong commitment to providing high-quality education, while behavior among pupils is exemplary, contributing to a positive learning environment. Notably, the school's approach to personal development is exceptional, fostering not just academic success but also social responsibility and citizenship among students. However, despite these strengths, the school needs to address inconsistencies in the teaching of early reading and phonics.

Strengths

• Leaders have transformed the school through rapid improvement initiatives.
• Behaviour and attitudes of pupils are outstanding, creating a calm and orderly atmosphere.
• The school offers a broad range of enriching extracurricular activities.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported and achieve well.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-organised.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the teaching of early reading and phonics lead to some pupils not securing phonic knowledge effectively.
• Lack of a clear early years curriculum hampers preparation for key stage 1.

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 Aston Lodge Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.4% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Aston Lodge 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 Aston Lodge Primary School had 25.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 28.6% 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, 21.3% of pupils at Aston Lodge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% 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 Aston Lodge Primary School received £7,499 and spent £7,640 for each of its 176 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £150,000 (£855 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Wickersley Partnership Trust, income was £8,491 and spending £8,459 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

Aston Lodge Primary School is part of Wickersley Partnership Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Aston Hall Junior and Infant School Sheffield
• Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School Rotherham
• Wickersley School and Sports College Rotherham
• Clifton Community School Rotherham
• Foljambe Primary School Rotherham
• Thrybergh Primary School Rotherham
• Thrybergh Academy Rotherham
• Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School Rotherham
• Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School Rotherham
• Rawmarsh Community School Rotherham

What is Aston Lodge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Aston Lodge Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Aston Lodge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Aston Lodge Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Aston Lodge Primary School have?

Aston Lodge Primary School has 174 pupils on roll.

What age range does Aston Lodge Primary School cover?

Aston Lodge Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Aston Lodge Primary School?

Aston Lodge Primary School is at Lodge Lane, Aston, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S26 2BL.