Hatfield Academy
General Information
- Address: Hatfield House Lane, Sheffield, S5 6HY – View on map
- Phone: 01142456871
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Katy Richards
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 43 families put it first for 45 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 193
- % eligible for free school meals: 56.1%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Sheffield average)
- English as an additional language: 41% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 28% a year (Sheffield 12.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 32% moved to another school, 68% 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.
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: 6.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 29.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 36 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 33 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 35% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 24 percentage points below the Sheffield average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 39% against an expected 50%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 39%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 44% · Writing 49% · Maths 51% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 47%
- Average test scores: reading 100, maths 100
- Based on: 55 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: 105th of 110 junior and primary schools in the area
- =102Parson Cross Church of England Primary School36%
- =102Reignhead Primary School36%
- #105Hatfield Academy35%
- #106Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School33%
- =107Beck Primary School30%
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27th of 80 primary schools in Sheffield for Ofsted rating
- #25Hallam Nursery & Primary SchoolGood
- #26Hartley Brook Primary SchoolGood
- #27Hatfield AcademyGood
- #28Hillsborough Nursery & Primary SchoolGood
- #29Hucklow Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,505 (2024-25)
58th of 96 primary schools in Sheffield for spending per pupil
- #56Tinsley Meadows Primary School£6,537
- #57Parson Cross Church of England Primary School£6,528
- #58Hatfield Academy£6,505
- #59Malin Bridge Primary School£6,442
- #60St Mary's Church of England Primary School£6,436
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