Anston Brook Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Sheffield, Rotherham·S25 4DN
Composite score
32.5
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National rank
#1371
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#66
In Rotherham
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
41%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 24/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
12 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
38
any preference, for 12 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.18
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.9020230.8620240.8220251.002026

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

Every child who put Anston Brook 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
145
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
19.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,014
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Anston Brook Primary School is a primary school serving Sheffield, Rotherham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 145 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. Ofsted rated the school 'Good' in February 2026. 41% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 9.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to 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 101 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Anston Brook Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 12 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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