Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School

Sheffield · S5 7HL

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 480 pupils, 57.5% FSM

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Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School

General Information

Address: Boynton Road, Sheffield, S5 7HL – View on map
Phone: 01142326603
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Ian Read
Age range: 3-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

480 pupils out of 472 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 227
% eligible for free school meals: 57.5%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Sheffield average)
English as an additional language: 25% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 8.1% a year (Sheffield 12.2%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 31% moved to another school, 69% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

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: 6.5%
Persistently absent pupils: 17.4%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 22.3%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 52 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 16 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 13 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Ability to Deal with Problems

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Educational Attainment

Good 2020 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 68% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the Sheffield average (59%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 61% against an expected 53%)
3-year average (expected standard): 61%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 73% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 58%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
Based on: 59 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

This schoolSheffield averageEngland↗ Improving Up 13 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 9 percentage points above the Sheffield average (59%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 33rd of 110 junior and primary schools in the area

=29Mosborough Primary School69%
=29Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy69%
=33Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School68%
=33Wisewood Nursery & Primary School68%
=35St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy67%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Totley Primary School92%
=2Bradfield Dungworth Primary School90%
=2Shortbrook Primary School90%
#4Loxley Primary School87%
#5Greengate Lane Academy85%
#6Oughtibridge Primary School84%
#7Dore Primary School82%
=8St John Fisher Primary, A Catholic Voluntary Academy81%
=8Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School81%
=10Carter Knowle Junior School80%
=10Nether Edge Primary School80%
#12St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy79%
=13Carfield Primary School78%
=13Norton Free Church of England Primary School78%
=13Prince Edward Primary School78%
#16St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School77%
=17Hallam Nursery & Primary School76%
=17St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy76%
#19St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam)75%
=20Athelstan Primary School73%
=20Westways Primary School73%
#22Angram Bank Primary School72%
=23Charnock Hall Primary Academy71%
=23Malin Bridge Primary School71%
=23Marlcliffe Community Primary School71%
=23St Mary's Church of England Primary School71%
=27Oasis Academy Watermead70%
=27Stocksbridge Junior School70%
=29Anns Grove Primary School69%
=29Halfway Junior School69%
=29Mosborough Primary School69%
=29Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy69%
=33Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School68%
=33Wisewood Nursery & Primary School68%
=35St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy67%
=35Walkley Primary School67%
=37Deepcar St John's Church of England Junior School66%
=37Rivelin Primary School66%
=39Clifford All Saints CofE Primary School65%
=39Grenoside Community Primary School65%
=39High Hazels Junior School65%
=39Lydgate Junior School65%
=43Coit Primary School64%
=43Hillsborough Nursery & Primary School64%
=43Pipworth Community Primary School64%
=43Southey Green Nursery & Primary School64%
=47Birley Spa Primary Academy63%
=47Lound Junior School63%
=47Woodthorpe Primary School63%
=50Birley Primary Academy62%
=50Bradway Primary School62%
=50E-ACT Pathways Academy62%
=50Lowfield Community Primary School62%
=54Intake Primary School61%
=54Meynell Nursery & Primary School61%
=54Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery61%
=57Nether Green Junior School60%
=57Woodseats Primary School60%
=59Abbeyfield Primary Academy59%
=59Ballifield Primary School59%
=59Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior School59%
=59Lowedges Primary Academy59%
=59Stradbroke Primary School59%
#64Nook Lane Junior School58%
=65Meersbrook Bank Primary School57%
=65Netherthorpe Primary School57%
=65St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy57%
=65Whiteways Primary School57%
=69Hucklow Primary School55%
=69Pye Bank CofE Primary School55%
=71Bankwood Primary School54%
=71Brunswick Community Primary School54%
=71Tinsley Meadows Primary School54%
=74Ecclesfield Primary School51%
=74Oasis Academy Don Valley51%
=76Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School50%
=76Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy50%
=76St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy50%
=79Gleadless Primary School49%
=79Phillimore Community Primary School49%
=81Brook House Junior48%
=81Owler Brook Primary School48%
#83Astrea Academy Sheffield47%
#84Woodhouse West Primary School46%
=85Acres Hill Community Primary School45%
=85Lower Meadow Primary School45%
=85Monteney Primary School45%
=85Rainbow Forge Primary Academy45%
=89Hartley Brook Primary School44%
=89Windmill Hill Primary School44%
=91High Green Primary School43%
=91Springfield Primary School43%
=93Arbourthorne Community Primary School42%
=93St Theresa's Catholic Primary School42%
#95Byron Wood Primary Academy41%
#96Mansel Primary40%
#97Woodlands Primary School39%
=98Greenhill Primary School38%
=98Hinde House 2-16 Academy38%
=98Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School38%
#101Oasis Academy Fir Vale37%
=102Norfolk Community Primary School36%
=102Parson Cross Church of England Primary School36%
=102Reignhead Primary School36%
#105Hatfield Academy35%
#106Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School33%
=107Beck Primary School30%
=107St Joseph's Primary School30%
#109Fox Hill Primary13%
#110St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy8%

View full Ofsted inspection report

65th of 77 primary schools in Sheffield for Ofsted rating

#63Tinsley Meadows Primary SchoolGood
#64Walkley Primary SchoolGood
#65Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary SchoolGood
#66Westways Primary SchoolGood
#67Wharncliffe Side Primary School and NurseryGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Malin Bridge Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Mosborough Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Oasis Academy WatermeadOutstanding
#4Oughtibridge Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam)Outstanding
#6Abbey Lane Primary SchoolGood
#7Anns Grove Primary SchoolGood
#8Arbourthorne Community Primary SchoolGood
#9Athelstan Primary SchoolGood
#10Ballifield Primary SchoolGood
#11Beck Primary SchoolGood
#12Bradfield Dungworth Primary SchoolGood
#13Bradway Primary SchoolGood
#14Brunswick Community Primary SchoolGood
#15Charnock Hall Primary AcademyGood
#16Coit Primary SchoolGood
#17Ecclesall Primary SchoolGood
#18Ecclesfield Primary SchoolGood
#19Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary SchoolGood
#20Greengate Lane AcademyGood
#21Greenhill Primary SchoolGood
#22Grenoside Community Primary SchoolGood
#23Greystones Primary SchoolGood
#24Hallam Nursery & Primary SchoolGood
#25Hartley Brook Primary SchoolGood
#26Hatfield AcademyGood
#27Hillsborough Nursery & Primary SchoolGood
#28Hucklow Primary SchoolGood
#29Intake Primary SchoolGood
#30Lowedges Primary AcademyGood
#31Lowfield Community Primary SchoolGood
#32Mansel PrimaryGood
#33Marlcliffe Community Primary SchoolGood
#34Meersbrook Bank Primary SchoolGood
#35Meynell Nursery & Primary SchoolGood
#36Monteney Primary SchoolGood
#37Mundella Primary SchoolGood
#38Netherthorpe Primary SchoolGood
#39Norfolk Community Primary SchoolGood
#40Norton Free Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#41Owler Brook Primary SchoolGood
#42Parson Cross Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#43Phillimore Community Primary SchoolGood
#44Pipworth Community Primary SchoolGood
#45Prince Edward Primary SchoolGood
#46Pye Bank CofE Primary SchoolGood
#47Rainbow Forge Primary AcademyGood
#48Reignhead Primary SchoolGood
#49Rivelin Primary SchoolGood
#50Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#51Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior SchoolGood
#52Shooter's Grove Primary SchoolGood
#53Shortbrook Primary SchoolGood
#54Springfield Primary SchoolGood
#55St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
#56St Joseph's Primary SchoolGood
#57St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#58St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#59St Theresa's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#60St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary AcademyGood
#61St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#62Stradbroke Primary SchoolGood
#63Tinsley Meadows Primary SchoolGood
#64Walkley Primary SchoolGood
#65Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary SchoolGood
#66Westways Primary SchoolGood
#67Wharncliffe Side Primary School and NurseryGood
#68Windmill Hill Primary SchoolGood
#69Wisewood Nursery & Primary SchoolGood
#70Woodlands Primary SchoolGood
#71Woodseats Primary SchoolGood
#72Woodthorpe Primary SchoolGood
#73Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery SchoolGood
#74Birley Spa Primary AcademyRequires improvement
#75Clifford All Saints CofE Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#76Gleadless Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#77Bankwood Primary SchoolInadequate

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,794 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

18th of 96 primary schools in Sheffield for spending per pupil

#16Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School£7,822
#17Wisewood Nursery & Primary School£7,803
#18Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School£7,794
#19Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy£7,794
#20Prince Edward Primary School£7,717

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#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
#6Stradbroke Primary School£8,570
#7Arbourthorne Community Primary School£8,558
#8Owler Brook Primary School£8,510
#9Fox Hill Primary£8,424
#10St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy£8,198
#11Pipworth Community Primary School£8,060
#12Oasis Academy Fir Vale£8,015
#13Lower Meadow Primary School£8,011
#14Reignhead Primary School£7,836
#15Springfield Primary School£7,831
#16Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School£7,822
#17Wisewood Nursery & Primary School£7,803
#18Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School£7,794
#19Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy£7,794
#20Prince Edward Primary School£7,717
#21Phillimore Community Primary School£7,703
#22Greengate Lane Academy£7,689
#23St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy£7,681
#24Woodthorpe Primary School£7,663
#25Lowfield Community Primary School£7,604
#26Coit Primary School£7,554
#27Norfolk Community Primary School£7,507
#28Angram Bank Primary School£7,500
#29Pye Bank CofE Primary School£7,468
#30Woodlands Primary School£7,399
#31Whiteways Primary School£7,386
#32Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School£7,357
#33Bankwood Primary School£7,241
#34Hillsborough Nursery & Primary School£7,240
#35St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy£7,226
#36Birley Spa Primary Academy£7,223
#37St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School£7,200
#38Meynell Nursery & Primary School£7,079
#39Southey Green Nursery & Primary School£7,067
#40Mansel Primary£7,050
#41Lowedges Primary Academy£7,025
#42St Joseph's Primary School£7,025
#43Abbeyfield Primary Academy£6,993
#44St Theresa's Catholic Primary School£6,950
#45Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School£6,944
#46Rainbow Forge Primary Academy£6,824
#47Bradfield Dungworth Primary School£6,748
#48Woodhouse West Primary School£6,730
#49Beck Primary School£6,722
#50Hucklow Primary School£6,687
#51St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,619
#52E-ACT Pathways Academy£6,593
#53Carfield Primary School£6,581
#54Mosborough Primary School£6,577
#55Clifford All Saints CofE Primary School£6,570
#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
#61Meersbrook Bank Primary School£6,429
#62Brunswick Community Primary School£6,415
#63Greenhill Primary School£6,405
#64Grenoside Community Primary School£6,383
#65St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,321
#66High Green Primary School£6,307
#67Anns Grove Primary School£6,307
#68St John Fisher Primary, A Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,291
#69Hartley Brook Primary School£6,283
#70Windmill Hill Primary School£6,259
#71Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,250
#72Nether Edge Primary School£6,222
#73Intake Primary School£6,207
#74Gleadless Primary School£6,197
#75Birley Primary Academy£6,184
#76Hallam Nursery & Primary School£6,181
#77Walkley Primary School£6,180
#78Athelstan Primary School£6,160
#79Ecclesfield Primary School£6,115
#80Ballifield Primary School£6,001
#81Rivelin Primary School£5,999
#82Marlcliffe Community Primary School£5,989
#83Westways Primary School£5,987
#84Bradway Primary School£5,981
#85Woodseats Primary School£5,967
#86Byron Wood Primary Academy£5,882
#87Dore Primary School£5,869
#88Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£5,844
#89Norton Free Church of England Primary School£5,841
#90Monteney Primary School£5,811
#91Loxley Primary School£5,718
#92Oasis Academy Watermead£5,621
#93Totley Primary School£5,565
#94Oughtibridge Primary School£5,484
#95Charnock Hall Primary Academy£5,199
#96Abbey Lane Primary School£2,782

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