Wisewood Nursery & Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Sheffield·S6 4SD
Composite score
44.2
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#9,430
National rank
#955
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#65
In Sheffield
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
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%
23 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
64
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820220.9120230.9420241.0020250.962026

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

Every child who put Wisewood Nursery & 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
183
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
45.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,803
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Wisewood Nursery & Primary School at a glance

Located in Sheffield, Wisewood Nursery & Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 183 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Wisewood Nursery & Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 23 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 15.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% 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. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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