Birley Spa Primary Academy, Sheffield

Ofsted's report card from its 29 September 2026 inspection grades Birley Spa Primary Academy on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders swiftly and precisely recognise pupils' additional needs."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "The majority of pupils attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum that sets out the important knowledge pupils should learn from the Nursery Year to Year 6."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years get off to a positive start."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders provide highly effective strategic school development."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's 'CREATE' values that include resilience, endeavour, and empathy are evident throughout the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers further develop pupils' use of spoken language across the curriculum so that pupils communicate confidently and are well prepared for their next steps in life"; "Senior leaders should further develop the expertise of middle leaders so that there is a shared responsibility for school improvement, to secure consistently high-quality provision across all subjects".

In its own words: "Perceiving the world in new ways and making connections. Being able to generate solutions."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, athletics, dance, Lego and sewing.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:40am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 3.30pm and an open day on Thursday 3 December 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils at Birley Spa Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 72% in Sheffield and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 44% in reading and 46% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 23 families put Birley Spa Primary Academy as their first choice and 43 named it as one of their preferences, for 25 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 Birley Spa Primary Academy are St John Fisher Primary, A Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.3 miles, Good, 84% reading, 81% maths); Birley Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 77% reading, 73% maths); Woodhouse West Primary School (0.7 miles, 69% reading, 63% maths); and Rainbow Forge Primary Academy (0.9 miles, Good, 61% reading, 45% maths).

Birley Spa Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Birley Spa Primary Academy is one of 27 schools run by L.e.a.d. Academy Trust, an academy trust.

50.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 6.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (84%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 106 pupils (36.4%) received SEN support and 11 (3.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Birley Spa Primary Academy has a resourced provision (10 places, 6 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (10 places, 6 pupils on roll) for autism.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Birley Moor Road Platform to Halfway, about 570 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Birley Spa Lane/Jermyn Crescent (adjacent), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Birley Spa Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Birley Spa Primary Academy issued 27 suspensions, 8.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Birley Spa Primary Academy are The Birley Academy (0.7 miles), Outwood Academy City (0.8 miles) and Handsworth Grange Community Sports College (1.7 miles).