Dore Primary School

Community school·Primary school Sheffield·S17 3QP
Composite score
73.1
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#1,372
National rank
#132
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#8
In Sheffield
Top 9%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
82%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
50 first choices, 55 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
138
any preference, for 55 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2320221.2220231.1320240.9520250.912026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Dore Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
484
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,869
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Dore Primary School

Dore Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 484 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 82% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 16.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 9% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Dore Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 50 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.7%. There are about 23.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Dore Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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