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Woodthorpe Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 398 pupils Sheffield
Ofsted: Good
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Woodthorpe Primary School is an academy converter in Sheffield for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 398 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Woodthorpe Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2018 of its predecessor, Woodthorpe Primary School. In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Attendance is a concern: pupils missed 8% of sessions in 2024/25 (the national figure for primary schools is 5.2%), and 25% of pupils were persistently absent.

Ofsted inspection: July 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Lewis Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S13 8DA
Phone 01142399167
Reference Number 148690

General Makeup

Number of pupils 398
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.75%
Girls: 49.25%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 62.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 20.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 32 22 54
2 28 27 55
3 32 21 53
4 28 31 59
5 29 30 59
6 23 32 55

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 50.3%
Unclassified 17.8%
African 7%
White, Other 4.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.5%
Mixed, Other 3%
Asian, Other 2.8%
White & Asian 2.3%
White & Black (African) 1.5%
Pakistani 0.8%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Woodthorpe Primary School, inspected in November 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 18 Jun 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
18 Jun 2024 School inspection
09 Sep 2021 Academy conversion letter
20 Nov 2018 Short inspection
Previously as Woodthorpe Primary School
12 Nov 2014 Full inspection:
15 Jan 2013 Interim assessment
04 May 2010 Full inspection:
02 May 2007 Full inspection:
23 Jan 2006 Full inspection:
29 Sep 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 63%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

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 -0.2
Writing -1.2
Maths -0.5

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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.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 12 1
Third Preference 12 2
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Woodthorpe Primary School had 402 pupils for 420 places. 18 places (4.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Planning Area 6 North Primary” planning area

Sheffield counted 694 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 666 in 2029–30, down 4%.

2022202320242025
Places 420420420420
Pupils 410411401402
Unfilled 2.4%2.1%4.5%4.3%

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 Woodthorpe Primary School attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.6%2.0%1.2%1.1%
Unauthorised absence 6.3%6.7%7.1%6.9%
Severely absent pupils 1.9%2.7%2.7%1.9%

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, 1.7% of pupils at Woodthorpe Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.01.64.13.1
Permanent exclusions 0010

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 Woodthorpe Primary School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.59.89.89.89.8
Teachers who left state teaching 4.1%5.6%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –77.8%58.3%38.5%–
Sick days per teacher –5.69.05.0–

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, 23.4% of pupils at Woodthorpe Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 57 7
Social, emotional and mental health 17 4
Autistic spectrum disorder 8 6
Moderate learning difficulty 6 0
Physical disability 2 1
Hearing impairment 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 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 Woodthorpe Primary School received £7,539 and spent £8,263 for each of its 412 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £118,000 (£286 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Minerva Learning Trust, income was £7,480 and spending £7,772 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2022202320242025
Revenue reserve £431,000£452,000£300,000£118,000
per pupil £1,041£1,048£704£286
In-year balance £217,000£101,000-£19,000-£298,000
per pupil £524£234-£45-£724

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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0.76 miles
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Discovery Academy
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Woodthorpe Primary School is part of Minerva Learning Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

What is Woodthorpe Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Woodthorpe Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2018 of its predecessor, Woodthorpe Primary School.

When was Woodthorpe Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Woodthorpe Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Woodthorpe Primary School have?

Woodthorpe Primary School has 398 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woodthorpe Primary School cover?

Woodthorpe Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Woodthorpe Primary School?

Woodthorpe Primary School is at Lewis Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S13 8DA.

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