Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior School
General Information
- Address: Thorpe Drive, Waterthorpe, Sheffield, S20 7JU – View on map
- Phone: 01142483048
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Mark Backhouse
- Age range: 7-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England/Methodist
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 69
- % eligible for free school meals: 43.4%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (less mixed than the Sheffield average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 36% a year (Sheffield 12.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 51% moved to another school, 49% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Sheffield: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 10 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 10 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Sheffield, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Sheffield average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 49% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 72% · Writing 69% · Maths 62% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 102
- Based on: 39 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 59th of 110 junior and primary schools in the area
- =59Abbeyfield Primary Academy59%
- =59Ballifield Primary School59%
- =59Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior School59%
- =59Lowedges Primary Academy59%
- =59Stradbroke Primary School59%
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4th of 10 junior schools in Sheffield for Ofsted rating
- #2Carter Knowle Junior SchoolGood
- #3Deepcar St John's Church of England Junior SchoolGood
- #4Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior SchoolGood
- #5High Hazels Junior SchoolGood
- #6Limpsfield Junior SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,376 (2024-25)
2nd of 11 junior schools in Sheffield for spending per pupil
- #1High Hazels Junior School£7,427
- #2Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior School£7,376
- #3Halfway Junior School£7,196
- #4Deepcar St John's Church of England Junior School£6,883
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