Carter Knowle Junior School, Sheffield
Carter Knowle Junior School is a primary school for pupils aged 7 to 11 in Sheffield. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in December 2019. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in December 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 35th-highest of the 144 schools in Sheffield with published results, and 3,408th of 14,452 across England. It was 99% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2019)
- Capacity
- 99% full
- Attendance
- Better than England average
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Carter Knowle Junior School in detail
Carter Knowle Junior School in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, basketball and art.
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at Carter Knowle Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 72% in Sheffield and 77% and 75% across England.
Results were similar in 2024 (87% in reading, 82% in maths).
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Carter Knowle Junior School
Across Sheffield, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Sheffield lodged 186 appeals against primary school offers; 127 reached a hearing and 38 succeeded (29.9% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Carter Knowle Junior School are Holt House Infant School (0.2 miles, Good); Nether Edge Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 87% reading, 83% maths); Meersbrook Bank Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 77% reading, 70% maths); and St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 98% reading, 91% maths).
Carter Knowle Junior School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.
Holt House Infant SchoolNether Edge Primary SchoolMeersbrook Bank Primary SchoolSt Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School
What parents say
65 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Carter Knowle Junior School (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 71% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (71%).
Who goes there
7.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (46%), Asian (35%) and Mixed (12%).
In 2026, 54 pupils (22.6%) received SEN support and 10 (4.2%) 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.
Staffing
Carter Knowle Junior School had 9 teachers in 2026, one for every 26 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Park Grange to Halfway/Herdings, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Carter Knowle Road/Bannerdale Road (at), 50 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Carter Knowle Junior School issued 2 suspensions, 0.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Carter Knowle Junior School are Mercia School (0.2 miles), High Storrs School (1.3 miles) and Silverdale School (1.6 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from December 2019, 6 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's December 2024 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Carter Knowle is a welcoming school where children thrive academically and personally. The school creates a calm, caring environment where pupils take pride in their learning and their community. Through rich experiences like orchestra visits, sculpture park trips, and university engagement, the school helps children develop aspirations and understand the wider world.
Key Strengths
- Pupils develop very strong reading skills and discuss a wide variety of high-quality books with enthusiasm
- The well-designed curriculum helps pupils remember learning over time by revisiting prior knowledge regularly
- Excellent support for pupils with SEND, ensuring they access the ambitious curriculum with helpful adaptations
- Wide range of exciting educational trips and visits that enrich pupils' understanding of the world
- Positive behaviour and a caring community where pupils feel safe, with older pupils taking on leadership roles
Areas for Improvement
- In some foundation subjects, feedback does not clearly tell pupils how to improve their work
- Pupils are not consistently clear on how to improve their work in foundation subjects, limiting deeper understanding
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports leadership activities, traditional playground games, live orchestra visits, sculpture park visits, university engagement programmes
Carter Knowle Junior School has maintained its good standards since the previous inspection. Pupils enjoy attending the school, achieve well in tests and assessments, and benefit from a calm, welcoming learning environment.
At a Glance
18.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
65 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 87% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 83% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 84% to 88% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
29.8
Avg class size
29.8
KS2
6
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Carter Knowle Junior School.
- Stagecoach SheffieldAt the school · Not yet graded
- Super Star Sport SY Holiday Camp 1-Holt House Infant School240m away · Not yet graded
- Hayde Sheffield970m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Carter Knowle Junior School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Sheffield. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
2027 to 2028
- Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
- Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
- Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Carter Knowle Junior School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Carter Knowle Junior School is in Sheffield; for families living there:
- Sheffield's school travel policy: Home to School Travel and Transport Policy September 2023
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 32
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 10
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 32 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 10 serious and 22 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
9 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Sheffield is 17 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
99%
Near capacity
238 pupils
240 places
2 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Sheffield
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Sheffield
Across Sheffield council
Places available
6,785
Applications
5,415
Got 1st preference
95.1%
Got preferred school
98.9%
All primary applications across Sheffield council (2026/27), not just this school.
Inspection History(12)
Ungraded inspection: Standards have been maintained.
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
54
SEN Support
10
EHC Plans
26.8%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
239
Total Pupils
133
Boys
106
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
9
Teachers
26.6:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£45,011
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,072
Per pupil
£1300k
Total funding
£55k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.0%
Overall absence
9.0%
Persistent absence
245
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Carter Knowle Junior School
Questions parents ask about Carter Knowle Junior School
What are SATs results like at Carter Knowle Junior School?
Of the pupils at Carter Knowle Junior School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 87% reached the expected standard in reading and 83% did so in maths.
What is Carter Knowle Junior School's Ofsted rating?
Carter Knowle Junior School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in December 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in December 2019, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Carter Knowle Junior School?
No fixed boundary. When Carter Knowle Junior School is oversubscribed, Sheffield allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Carter Knowle Junior School?
Carter Knowle Junior School was close to full in 2025, at 99% of its capacity.
How big are the classes at Carter Knowle Junior School?
Classes at Carter Knowle Junior School average 29.8 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Carter Knowle Junior School?
Carter Knowle Junior School has around 239 pupils on roll. 18% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Carter Knowle Junior School?
4% of sessions were missed at Carter Knowle Junior School in 2024/25. 9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Carter Knowle Junior School?
Apply through Sheffield's coordinated admissions process, naming Carter Knowle Junior School on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.
Does Carter Knowle Junior School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Stagecoach Sheffield (registered, not yet graded). There are 2 more within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Carter Knowle Junior School's term dates?
Carter Knowle Junior School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Sheffield. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Tuesday 1 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).
How many road collisions happen near Carter Knowle Junior School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 32 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 10 serious and 22 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 9 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Sheffield is 17 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Carter Knowle Junior School?
Carter Knowle Junior School is at Carter Knowle Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S7 2DY.
Sources: Sheffield term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)