Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School

Foundation school·Primary school Sheffield·S7 1BE
Composite score
51.4
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#6,779
National rank
#659
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#42
In Sheffield
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
54 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
139
any preference, for 60 places
Last place offered lived
0.91 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1469 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1220221.1820231.2020241.1020250.902026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
516
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
49.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
80.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,958
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School is a primary school serving Sheffield, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 516 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 8.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 98% of the families who made Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.91 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 19.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior 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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