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Best primary schools in Sheffield

107 of 133 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Sheffield schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 97 of them.

98 of 133 rated Good or Outstanding
12 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Met expected standard (RWM): 61.0% (best 92.0%)

#	School	Met expected standard (RWM)	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	Totley Primary School Sheffield	92.0%	Not judged	about even 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
2	Bradfield Dungworth Primary School Sheffield	90.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
3	Shortbrook Primary School Sheffield	90.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
4	Loxley Primary School Sheffield	87.0%	Not judged	oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
5	Greengate Lane Academy Sheffield	85.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
6	Oughtibridge Primary School Sheffield	84.0%	Outstanding	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
7	Dore Primary School Sheffield	82.0%	Not judged improving	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
8	St John Fisher Primary, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield	81.0%	Good	about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
9	Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Sheffield	81.0%	Outstanding	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
10	Carter Knowle Junior School Sheffield	80.0%	Good	—	mapped
11	Nether Edge Primary School Sheffield	80.0%	Not judged	about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
12	St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield	79.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
13	Carfield Primary School Sheffield	78.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
14	Norton Free Church of England Primary School Sheffield	78.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
15	Prince Edward Primary School Sheffield	78.0%	Good improving	about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
16	St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Sheffield	77.0%	Good	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
17	Hallam Nursery & Primary School Sheffield	76.0%	Not judged	about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
18	St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield	76.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
19	St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam) Sheffield	75.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
20	Athelstan Primary School Sheffield	73.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
21	Westways Primary School Sheffield	73.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
22	Angram Bank Primary School Sheffield	72.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
23	Charnock Hall Primary Academy Sheffield	71.0%	Good	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
24	Malin Bridge Primary School Sheffield	71.0%	Outstanding	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
25	Marlcliffe Community Primary School Sheffield	71.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
26	St Mary's Church of England Primary School Sheffield hidden gem	71.0%	Good	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
27	Oasis Academy Watermead Sheffield	70.0%	Not judged	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
28	Stocksbridge Junior School Sheffield	70.0%	Not judged	—	approximate
29	Anns Grove Primary School Sheffield	69.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
30	Halfway Junior School Sheffield	69.0%	Good	—	approximate
31	Mosborough Primary School Sheffield	69.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.34 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
32	Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield	69.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
33	Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School Sheffield	68.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
34	Wisewood Nursery & Primary School Sheffield	68.0%	Good improving	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
35	St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield	67.0%	Not judged	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
36	Walkley Primary School Sheffield	67.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
37	Deepcar St John's Church of England Junior School Sheffield	66.0%	Good improving	—	approximate
38	Rivelin Primary School Sheffield	66.0%	Not judged improving	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
39	Clifford All Saints CofE Primary School Sheffield	65.0%	Requires improvement	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
40	Grenoside Community Primary School Sheffield	65.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
41	High Hazels Junior School Sheffield	65.0%	Good improving	—	approximate
42	Lydgate Junior School Sheffield	65.0%	Good	—	mapped
43	Coit Primary School Sheffield	64.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
44	Hillsborough Nursery & Primary School Sheffield	64.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
45	Pipworth Community Primary School Sheffield hidden gem	64.0%	Good	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
46	Southey Green Nursery & Primary School Sheffield	64.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
47	Birley Spa Primary Academy Sheffield	63.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
48	Lound Junior School Sheffield	63.0%	Good improving	—	approximate
49	Woodthorpe Primary School Sheffield hidden gem	63.0%	Good	about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
50	Birley Primary Academy Sheffield	62.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
51	Bradway Primary School Sheffield	62.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
52	E-ACT Pathways Academy Sheffield	62.0%	Not judged improving	about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
53	Lowfield Community Primary School Sheffield	62.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
54	Intake Primary School Sheffield	61.0%	Good declining	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
55	Meynell Nursery & Primary School Sheffield	61.0%	Good improving	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
56	Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery Sheffield	61.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
57	Nether Green Junior School Sheffield	60.0%	Good	—	mapped
58	Woodseats Primary School Sheffield	60.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
59	Abbeyfield Primary Academy Sheffield	59.0%	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
60	Ballifield Primary School Sheffield	59.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
61	Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior School Sheffield	59.0%	Good	—	mapped
62	Lowedges Primary Academy Sheffield	59.0%	Good improving	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
63	Stradbroke Primary School Sheffield	59.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
64	Nook Lane Junior School Sheffield	58.0%	Good	—	approximate
65	Meersbrook Bank Primary School Sheffield	57.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
66	Netherthorpe Primary School Sheffield	57.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
67	St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy Sheffield	57.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
68	Whiteways Primary School Sheffield	57.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
69	Hucklow Primary School Sheffield	55.0%	Good	about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
70	Pye Bank CofE Primary School Sheffield	55.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
71	Bankwood Primary School Sheffield	54.0%	Inadequate	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
72	Brunswick Community Primary School Sheffield hidden gem	54.0%	Good	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
73	Tinsley Meadows Primary School Sheffield	54.0%	Good	about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
74	Ecclesfield Primary School Sheffield	51.0%	Good improving	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
75	Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School Sheffield	50.0%	Not judged	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
76	Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy Sheffield	50.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
77	St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Sheffield	50.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
78	Gleadless Primary School Sheffield	49.0%	Requires improvement	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
79	Phillimore Community Primary School Sheffield	49.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
80	Brook House Junior Sheffield	48.0%	Good	—	approximate
81	Owler Brook Primary School Sheffield	48.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
82	Woodhouse West Primary School Sheffield	46.0%	Not judged	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
83	Acres Hill Community Primary School Sheffield	45.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
84	Lower Meadow Primary School Sheffield	45.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
85	Monteney Primary School Sheffield	45.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
86	Rainbow Forge Primary Academy Sheffield	45.0%	Good improving	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
87	Hartley Brook Primary School Sheffield	44.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
88	Windmill Hill Primary School Sheffield	44.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
89	High Green Primary School Sheffield	43.0%	Not judged declining	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
90	Springfield Primary School Sheffield hidden gem	43.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
91	Arbourthorne Community Primary School Sheffield	42.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.42 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
92	St Theresa's Catholic Primary School Sheffield	42.0%	Good improving	oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
93	Byron Wood Primary Academy Sheffield	41.0%	Not judged	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
94	Mansel Primary Sheffield	40.0%	Good improving	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
95	Woodlands Primary School Sheffield	39.0%	Good improving	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
96	Greenhill Primary School Sheffield	38.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
97	Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School Sheffield	38.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
98	Oasis Academy Fir Vale Sheffield	37.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
99	Norfolk Community Primary School Sheffield hidden gem	36.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
100	Parson Cross Church of England Primary School Sheffield hidden gem	36.0%	Good	about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
101	Reignhead Primary School Sheffield	36.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
102	Hatfield Academy Sheffield	35.0%	Good improving	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
103	Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School Sheffield	33.0%	Good improving	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
104	Beck Primary School Sheffield	30.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
105	St Joseph's Primary School Sheffield	30.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
106	Fox Hill Primary Sheffield	13.0%	Not judged	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
107	St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield	8.0%	Not judged	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate

Also in Sheffield

26 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Sheffield, not a fairer one.

Abbey Lane Primary School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
Beighton Nursery Infant School Ofsted: Good
Brigantia Hill Fort Academy
Brightside Nursery Infant School Ofsted: Outstanding
Broomhill Infant School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
Dobcroft Junior School
Dobcroft Nursery Infant School Ofsted: Good
Ecclesall Primary School Ofsted: Good
Greystones Primary School
Halfway Nursery Infant School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
High Hazels Nursery Infant Academy Ofsted: Good
Holt House Infant School Ofsted: Good
Hunter's Bar Infant School
Hunter's Bar Junior School
Limpsfield Junior School Ofsted: Good
Lound Infant School Ofsted: Good
Lydgate Infant School Ofsted: Good
Mundella Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
Mylnhurst Preparatory School and Nursery
Nether Green Infant School Ofsted: Good
Royd Nursery and Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School
Shooter's Grove Primary School
Stannington Infant School Ofsted: Outstanding
Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School Ofsted: Good
Waterthorpe Infant School Ofsted: Good

Applying in Sheffield

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.

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