Netherthorpe Primary School
General Information
- Address: Netherthorpe Street, Sheffield, S3 7JA – View on map
- Phone: 01142726834
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Elizabeth Gray
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 46 families put it first for 30 places – 15 for every 10 places. 63% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 18 · 2025 15 · 2026 15
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 109
- % eligible for free school meals: 51.9%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Sheffield average)
- English as an additional language: 92% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.5% a year (Sheffield 12.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 53% moved to another school, 47% 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: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 31.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 44 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 29 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Sheffield average (59%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 42% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 42%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 64% · Writing 61% · Maths 64% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 101
- Based on: 28 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 65th of 110 junior and primary schools in the area
- #64Nook Lane Junior School58%
- =65Meersbrook Bank Primary School57%
- =65Netherthorpe Primary School57%
- =65St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy57%
- =65Whiteways Primary School57%
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40th of 80 primary schools in Sheffield for Ofsted rating
- #38Monteney Primary SchoolGood
- #39Mundella Primary SchoolGood
- #40Netherthorpe Primary SchoolGood
- #41Norfolk Community Primary SchoolGood
- #42Norton Free Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,704 (2024-25)
3rd of 96 primary schools in Sheffield for spending per pupil
- #1Shortbrook Primary School£15,166
- #2Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery£9,608
- #3Netherthorpe Primary School£8,704
- #4St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam)£8,679
- #5Acres Hill Community Primary School£8,578
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