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Nook Lane Junior School

Primary Ages 7-11 252 pupils Sheffield
Ofsted: Good
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Nook Lane Junior School is an academy converter in Sheffield for pupils aged 7 to 11. It has 252 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Nook Lane Junior School is Good, from an inspection in March 2019 of its predecessor, Nook Lane Junior School. In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: December 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 7-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Nook Lane
Stannington
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S6 6BN
Phone 01142341097
Reference Number 146012

General Makeup

Number of pupils 252
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.97%
Girls: 46.03%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 2.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
3 27 33 60
4 36 27 63
5 31 33 64
6 42 23 65

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 86.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.4%
African 2%
White, Other 1.6%
White & Asian 1.6%
Asian, Other 1.6%
Mixed, Other 1.2%
Indian 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Unclassified 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Nook Lane Junior School, inspected in March 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 18 Oct 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
18 Oct 2023 School inspection
08 May 2019 Academy conversion letter
05 Mar 2019 Full inspection:
Previously as Nook Lane Junior School
19 Mar 2014 Full inspection:
09 Jan 2012 Interim assessment
28 Jan 2009 Full inspection:
24 May 2006 Full inspection:
11 Oct 1999 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 58%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 12%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0
Writing 0.1
Maths -0.7

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Average Scaled Score

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Nook Lane Junior School had 250 pupils for 255 places. 5 places (2.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Planning Area 2 South Primary” planning area

Sheffield counted 589 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 535 in 2029–30, down 9%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 238238238238238255
Pupils 247253248242246250
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%

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 Nook Lane Junior School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.6%5.3%3.7%3.3%2.9%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.9%0.8%0.8%1.1%
Severely absent pupils 0.4%0.8%0.4%0.4%0.4%

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, 1.6% of pupils at Nook Lane Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.01.64.01.71.63.6
Permanent exclusions 000000

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 Nook Lane Junior School had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.511.812.611.811.512.513.7
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%7.5%9.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –27.8%77.8%77.8%50.0%55.6%–
Sick days per teacher –1.86.28.41.61.3–

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, 20.2% of pupils at Nook Lane Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 16 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 29 1
Social, emotional and mental health 11 5
Autistic spectrum disorder 6 9
Speech, language and communication needs 2 5
Specific learning difficulty 3 0
Physical disability 0 1

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 Nook Lane Junior School received £6,349 and spent £6,042 for each of its 249 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £185,000 (£744 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Peak Edge, income was £5,609 and spending £5,701 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £108,000£267,000£237,000£178,000£126,000£185,000
per pupil £429£1,061£950£733£518£744
In-year balance £54,000£124,000£106,000£166,000-£47,000£76,000
per pupil £214£492£426£687-£194£307

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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Nook Lane Junior School is part of Peak Edge, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

What is Nook Lane Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Nook Lane Junior School is Good, from an inspection in March 2019 of its predecessor, Nook Lane Junior School.

When was Nook Lane Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Nook Lane Junior School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Nook Lane Junior School have?

Nook Lane Junior School has 252 pupils on roll.

What age range does Nook Lane Junior School cover?

Nook Lane Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Nook Lane Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Nook Lane Junior School?

Nook Lane Junior School is at Nook Lane, Stannington, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 6BN.

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