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Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Boynton Road, Sheffield S5 7HL · watercliffemeadow.com · 0114 232 6603
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 68%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Sheffield 59%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.29 mi
- 0.47 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Sheffield Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 480
- 8 over 472 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 57.5%
- First language not English
- 25%
- 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 0.29 mi (472 m) from the school. Source: Sheffield Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 72 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 79% 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 | 60 | 72 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 74 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.29 mi0.47 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 68% 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 | |||
| ▲68% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 12 February 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jun 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 24 Jun 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 60
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (42%) with SEND