Bankwood Primary School, Sheffield

Ofsted's report card from its 9 June 2026 inspection grades Bankwood Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Most pupils at this school face several barriers to their learning."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders make attendance a high priority."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a coherent, well-ordered curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise the early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff have created a school where each pupil is included and valued."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and trustees have worked relentlessly to markedly improve the school since it joined the trust."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The curriculum for personal, social, health and economic education, including relationships and sex education, is well considered and shaped to fit the school's community."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue their effective work to improve attendance, including for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, so that more pupils attend school regularly"; "Leaders should build on the school's wider opportunities, particularly the range of trips and visits, so that pupils broaden their experiences and deepen their understanding of the world beyond the classroom".

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils at Bankwood Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 59% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 72% in Sheffield and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 29% in reading and 39% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 33 families put Bankwood Primary School as their first choice and 49 named it as one of their preferences, for 35 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bankwood Primary School are Arbourthorne Community Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 45% reading, 50% maths); Carfield Primary School (0.7 miles, Requires improvement, 87% reading, 89% maths); Woodlands Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 71% reading, 69% maths); and Norfolk Community Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 49% reading, 49% maths).

Bankwood Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Bankwood Primary School is one of 10 schools run by Steel City Schools Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

64.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 44.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (37%), Black (29%) and Mixed (10%).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Arbourthorne Road Platform to City, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Blackstock Road/Bankwood Road (adjacent), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bankwood Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Bankwood Primary School issued 30 suspensions, 6.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Bankwood Primary School are Newfield Secondary School (0.6 miles), Sheffield Springs Academy (0.8 miles) and All Saints' Catholic High School (1.4 miles).