Carfield Primary School, Sheffield
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Carfield Primary School has made real progress in becoming a stable, welcoming place to learn under new leadership. Your child will benefit from well-behaved classmates who enjoy school, plus a good range of sports and arts clubs to develop their talents. The school is particularly strong at teaching phonics in Year 1.
Key Strengths
- New headteacher has successfully tackled staffing problems and established stable staffing
- Effective phonics teaching leading to good outcomes in Year 1
- Pupils behave well, enjoy school and have good attitudes to learning
- Curriculum redesigned to better engage pupils with more visits and activities
- Good range of extra-curricular sports and arts clubs
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching quality is inconsistent across classrooms and lacks sufficient coaching support
- Teachers' questioning does not develop pupils' mathematical reasoning well enough
- Reading skills for academic learning have not been taught effectively enough
- Middle leaders are new to post and have not yet demonstrated impact
- Most able pupils in mathematics, especially at upper key stage 2, are not making enough progress
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with thorough and timely actions, careful monitoring of vulnerable pupils, and strong links with other agencies.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports clubs, arts clubs, lunchtime activities, tournaments, competitions
Carfield Primary School requires improvement overall. The relatively new headteacher has stabilised staffing and improved the learning environment, but teaching quality remains inconsistent and pupils' progress needs to accelerate further.
At a Glance
25.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 87%. Maths has improved from 85% to 89%. Writing has improved from 70% to 80%.
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
76%
Available places
538 pupils
708 capacity
170 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Sheffield
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Sheffield
Admissions Demand - Sheffield
Places available
6,786
Applications
5,374
Got 1st preference
96.9%
Got preferred school
99.6%
Primary admissions across Sheffield (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
5.41585%
Overall absence
15.55556%
Persistent absence
540
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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