Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School

Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School is a warm, inclusive school where pupils feel safe and have a strong sense of belonging. Safeguarding standards are met, behaviour and attendance are strengths, and pupils are calm, respectful and attending more regularly. Leaders have built a carefully sequenced curriculum with a strong focus on oracy, vocabulary and writing, and pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils are generally well supported to access learning and wider opportunities. Most areas of the school's work meet the expected standard, including leadership and governance, inclusion, personal development and attendance and behaviour. The trust provides effective support and challenge, staff value high-quality professional development, and pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs and trips. Current pupils are achieving better than in previous years, including pupils with SEND, who typically make good progress from their starting points. However, achievement is the main area needing attention. National test attainment has been inconsistent and below national averages in combined reading, writing and mathematics in recent years, and leaders must ensure attainment continues to improve. Teaching is generally effective, but questioning is not always used sharply enough to uncover and address misconceptions, and assessment is not consistently used to identify gaps in pupils' knowledge. The personal development programme should also be refined to reflect pupils' local context and interests and to raise aspirations.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture in which concerns are actively identified and managed.
• Pupils feel safe, behave well and treat each other and staff with respect.
• Bullying is rare and dealt with quickly and effectively.
• Attendance has steadily risen, including for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.
• The curriculum is carefully sequenced, reflects the local community and builds knowledge over time.
• Oracy and vocabulary are prioritised, helping pupils use increasingly complex language.
• Pupils produce high-quality written work and take pride in it.
• Pupils with SEND are quickly identified and well supported, including through external specialists.
• Disadvantaged pupils are supported to take part in the wider opportunities the school provides.
• Leadership and governance are effective, with strong support and challenge from the trust.
• Staff value extensive, high-quality professional development and feel supported with wellbeing and workload.
• The personal development programme and wide range of clubs and trips help pupils explore interests and the wider world.
• Pastoral care is effective and pupils know they can approach trusted adults for help.
• Pupils with SEND typically make good progress from their starting points.

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement needs attention because national test attainment has been inconsistent and below national averages in combined reading, writing and mathematics in recent years.
• Teachers do not always use questioning carefully enough to spot and tackle misconceptions quickly.
• Assessment is not consistently effective at accurately identifying and addressing gaps in pupils' knowledge.
• Attainment needs to continue improving across the school.
• The personal development programme should be further refined to reflect pupils' local context and interests and to raise aspirations.

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 Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.4% 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 Kiveton Park Meadows Junior 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 Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School had 23.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 36.8% 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, 19.2% of pupils at Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School received £6,961 and spent £6,877 for each of its 179 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £110,000 (£617 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of James Montgomery Academy Trust, income was £6,982 and spending £6,835 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

Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School is part of James Montgomery Academy Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• Kiveton Park Infant School Sheffield
• Harthill Primary School Sheffield
• Anston Hillcrest Primary School Sheffield
• Thurcroft Infant School Rotherham
• Laughton Junior and Infant School Sheffield
• Brinsworth Howarth Primary School Rotherham
• Bramley Sunnyside Junior School Rotherham
• St Ann's Primary School Rotherham
• Ferham Primary School Rotherham
• Meadow View Primary School Rotherham

What is Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School is Needs attention, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School have?

Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School has 172 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School cover?

Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School?

Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School is at Storth Lane, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S26 5QT.