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Springfield Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Cavendish Street, Sheffield S3 7RZ · springfieldschool.org.uk · 0114 272 3455
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 43%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Sheffield 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.92 mi
- 1.48 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Sheffield Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 207
- 99% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 37.2%
- First language not English
- 87.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.92 mi (1.48 km) from the school. Source: Sheffield Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 25 | 0.8 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 25 | 19 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.92 mi1.48 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Sheffield it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼43% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Springfield Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Nov 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement