Hartley Brook Primary School

Hartley Brook Primary School has demonstrated a good overall performance, maintaining its previous inspection grade. The school benefits from a supportive leadership under Principal Claire Costello and the Astrea Academy Trust, which aids in providing a solid educational framework. The school culture fosters an inclusive atmosphere where most pupils feel safe and enjoy attending, evidenced by their positive behaviour and engagement in learning activities. The curriculum has been significantly improved, preparing students better for their future educational transitions, although some historical weaknesses are still being addressed.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and supported at school.
• The school provides a strong early years education.
• There is a positive and inclusive school culture.
• Pupils achieve well academically and participate in diverse extracurricular activities.
• The leadership team has a realistic understanding of the school's strengths and areas for improvement.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils are still not as well-prepared for secondary education as they could be.
• Assessment practices in some lessons do not effectively identify misconceptions.
• A significant number of pupils are regularly absent from school.

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 Hartley Brook Primary School attended 91.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 29.0% 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, 3.1% of pupils at Hartley Brook 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 Hartley Brook Primary School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.7% 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, 21.8% of pupils at Hartley Brook Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Hartley Brook Primary School received £7,425 and spent £7,137 for each of its 584 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £205,000 (£350 per pupil).

Across all 26 schools of Astrea Academy Trust, income was £8,290 and spending £8,206 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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Hartley Brook Primary School is part of Astrea Academy Trust, which runs 26 schools. The nearest others:

• Hatfield Academy Sheffield
• Byron Wood Primary Academy Sheffield
• Astrea Academy Sheffield Sheffield
• Greengate Lane Academy Sheffield
• Netherwood Academy Barnsley
• Lower Meadow Primary School Sheffield
• Carrfield Primary Academy Rotherham
• Highgate Primary Academy Rotherham
• Astrea Academy Dearne Rotherham
• Denaby Main Primary Academy Doncaster

What is Hartley Brook Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Hartley Brook Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hartley Brook Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Hartley Brook Primary School have?

Hartley Brook Primary School has 579 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hartley Brook Primary School cover?

Hartley Brook Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hartley Brook Primary School?

Hartley Brook Primary School is at Hartley Brook Road, Shiregreen, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 0JF.