Phillimore Community Primary School

Phillimore Community Primary School is performing well, maintaining a 'Good' overall effectiveness rating since its last inspection. The school provides a safe and friendly environment where pupils engage positively in their learning. Staff uphold high expectations for pupil behavior and academic achievement, effectively addressing any concerns, including rare instances of bullying. The establishment supports pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) effectively in a nurturing setting. The curriculum is well-structured, allowing for the revisiting of crucial knowledge. However, some areas, particularly in Mathematics and early years, require improvement in ensuring consistent checks on understanding before moving to new topics.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil behavior and achievement
• Strong support for pupils with SEND
• Effective early reading instruction
• Positive attitudes to learning among pupils
• Well-planned curriculum that revisits important knowledge
• Excellent reputation for sports and physical education
• Strong personal, social, and health education curriculum

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent assessment checks in some subjects
• Planning in early years sometimes lacks detail
• Certain pupils do not attend school regularly enough

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 Phillimore Community Primary School attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.7% 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 Phillimore Community 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 Phillimore Community Primary School had 16.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 1.3% 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, 16.2% of pupils at Phillimore Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 11 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 Phillimore Community Primary School received £7,791 and spent £8,027 for each of its 421 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £106,000 (£251 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Sheffield South East Trust, income was £7,381 and spending £7,615 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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Phillimore Community Primary School is part of Sheffield South East Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Acres Hill Community Primary School Sheffield
• Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School Sheffield
• Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School Sheffield
• Norfolk Community Primary School Sheffield
• Gleadless Primary School Sheffield
• Woodhouse West Primary School Sheffield

What is Phillimore Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Phillimore Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Phillimore Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Phillimore Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Phillimore Community Primary School have?

Phillimore Community Primary School has 408 pupils on roll.

What age range does Phillimore Community Primary School cover?

Phillimore Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 49% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Phillimore Community Primary School?

Phillimore Community Primary School is at Phillimore Road, Darnall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 5EF.