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Abbey Lane Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 533 pupils Sheffield
Ofsted: Good
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Abbey Lane Primary School is an academy converter in Sheffield for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 533 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Abbey Lane Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2024 of its predecessor, Abbey Lane Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: March 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Abbey Lane
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S8 0BN
Reference Number 151409

General Makeup

Number of pupils 533
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.97%
Girls: 48.03%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 15.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 9.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 22.6
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 42 26 68
2 32 32 64
3 38 40 78
4 37 37 74
5 53 38 91
6 45 41 86

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 71.7%
White, Other 3.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.6%
Mixed, Other 3.6%
Pakistani 3.4%
White & Asian 3%
Chinese 2.1%
Asian, Other 1.9%
African 1.7%
Indian 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Unclassified 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Abbey Lane Primary School, inspected in February 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Mar 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 44 5
Third Preference 46 2
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Abbey Lane Primary School had 532 pupils for 630 places. 98 places (15.6%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Planning Area 7 West Primary” planning area

Sheffield counted 360 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 352 in 2029–30, down 2%.

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 2025–26 Abbey Lane Primary School had 23.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 13.5
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 9.8% of pupils at Abbey Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 24 3
Speech, language and communication needs 13 5
Specific learning difficulty 7 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 1
Moderate learning difficulty 3 1
Physical disability 1 1
Vision impairment 1 0

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.

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What is Abbey Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Abbey Lane Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2024 of its predecessor, Abbey Lane Primary School.

When was Abbey Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Abbey Lane Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Abbey Lane Primary School have?

Abbey Lane Primary School has 533 pupils on roll.

What age range does Abbey Lane Primary School cover?

Abbey Lane Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Abbey Lane Primary School?

Abbey Lane Primary School is at Abbey Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 0BN.

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