OFSTED
Latest ungraded inspection
25 June 2025
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
12 February 2020
Graded inspection
Good
Published
8 March 2020
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Sheffield
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
480
395 full-time ·
85 part-time
Female pupils
237
49.4% of pupils
Male pupils
243
50.6% of pupils
32.7 pts
above England
School
57.5%
Sheffield
34.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber
27.7%
England
24.8%
4.7 pts
above England
School
25.0%
Sheffield
24.4%
Yorkshire and The Humber
17.9%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Sheffield
0.9%
Yorkshire and The Humber
0.4%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other Asian background
10.0%
48
Any other ethnic group
7.1%
34
Any other Mixed background
5.8%
28
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
25.8%
124 of
480 pupils
5.0 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
Yorkshire and The Humber
20.9%
SEN support
22.3%
107 pupils
England
14.8%
7.5 pts
above
EHC plans
3.5%
17 pupils
England
6.0%
2.5 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
57
Autistic spectrum disorder
21
Social, emotional & mental health
17
Specific learning difficulty
16
Moderate learning difficulty
5
Other difficulty or disability
3
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
6.48%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.27 pts
higher than
England
School
6.48%
Sheffield
7.26%
Yorkshire and The Humber
6.13%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
17.39%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
1.58 pts
higher than
England
School
17.39%
Sheffield
18.80%
Yorkshire and The Humber
15.55%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
2.72%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.91 pts
higher than
England
School
2.72%
Sheffield
2.70%
Yorkshire and The Humber
1.77%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
101.7%
13.5 pts
above England
Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School
101.7%
Yorkshire and The Humber
88.6%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.