Stocksbridge Junior School

Stocksbridge Junior School is a warm, nurturing and highly ambitious junior school where pupils enjoy learning and achieve exceptionally well. This was its first routine section 5 inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is now part of Chorus Education Trust, which it joined in November 2023. Inspectors found outstanding provision across the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, with no overall effectiveness grade given under current arrangements. The school's curriculum is strong and delivered with excellent subject knowledge. Reading is central, with effective phonics catch-up and constant checks that pupils understand what they read. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified early and supported extremely well, including through The Hub. Behaviour is excellent, attendance is high, and pupils benefit from exemplary personal development and enrichment opportunities. Leaders at all levels know the school well and share high ambition, while governors and the trust provide effective support and challenge. Staff well-being and workload are positive, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. Although writing results dipped in 2024, the school addressed this swiftly, and no significant weaknesses were identified in the report.

Strengths

• Warm, nurturing and inclusive school culture
• High attendance and impressively high achievement across the curriculum
• Excellent teacher subject knowledge and skilled curriculum delivery
• Reading is at the heart of the school, with expert catch-up support
• Strong early identification and support for pupils with SEND
• Pupils behave extremely well and show no low-level disruption
• Exemplary personal and character development opportunities
• Effective leadership at all levels, with strong trust and governor support
• Positive staff well-being and manageable workload
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

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 Stocksbridge Junior School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.7% 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, 2.3% of pupils at Stocksbridge 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 Stocksbridge Junior School had 18.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.9% 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, 14.3% of pupils at Stocksbridge Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% 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 Stocksbridge Junior School received £7,003 and spent £6,916 for each of its 262 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £221,000 (£844 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Chorus Education Trust, income was £8,178 and spending £7,978 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 · Sheffield local authority: places and applications

Stocksbridge Junior School is part of Chorus Education Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Malin Bridge Primary School Sheffield
• Silverdale School Sheffield
• Hope Valley College Hope Valley
• Bradwell Junior School Hope Valley
• Westfield School Sheffield
• Eckington School Sheffield
• Hady Primary School Chesterfield

What is Stocksbridge Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stocksbridge Junior School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Stocksbridge Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stocksbridge Junior School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Stocksbridge Junior School have?

Stocksbridge Junior School has 237 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stocksbridge Junior School cover?

Stocksbridge Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stocksbridge Junior School?

Stocksbridge Junior School is at Cedar Road, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S36 1AS.