Halfway Junior School, Sheffield

Ofsted's report card from its 17 March 2026 inspection grades Halfway Junior School on 6 areas: 4 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance is a strength of the school."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "The school has a tangibly inclusive culture."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders demonstrate a well-informed and accurate understanding of the school's provision."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have carefully constructed a comprehensive personal development programme."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils are generally developing the knowledge and skills they need for the next stage of their education."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school has designed a broad and ambitious curriculum."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue their work to ensure that staff foster a culture of attentive industriousness on the part of all pupils so that they build their knowledge and achieve consistently well".

In its own words: "At Halfway Junior school, we strive to develop both the acedemic apsepcts of the curriculum, alongside personal development and character growth to enable our pupils to successfuly move through to the next educational journey and beyond."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £3.50 per session.

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Halfway Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 72% in Sheffield and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 60% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

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).

The nearest other state primary schools to Halfway Junior School are Halfway Nursery Infant School (0.3 miles, Good); Shortbrook Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 90% reading, 90% maths); Mosborough Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 82% reading, 85% maths); and Camms CofE (Aided) Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 70% reading, 63% maths).

Halfway Junior School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

16 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Halfway Junior School (as of April 2026): 100% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that their child feels safe (88%).

5.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%) and Mixed (12%).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Halfway Platform, about 720 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Streetfields/Auckland Way (near), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 139 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sheffield (267).

In 2024/25, Halfway Junior School issued 4 suspensions, 2.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Halfway Junior School are Westfield School (1 mile) and Eckington School (1.5 miles).