Hartley Brook Primary School, Sheffield
Hartley Brook Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Sheffield, part of Astrea Academy Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in June 2024. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 125th-highest of the 144 schools in Sheffield with published results, and 13,485th of 14,452 across England. It was 88% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2024)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Sheffield (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Hartley Brook Primary School in detail
Hartley Brook Primary School in its own words
In its own words: "Hartley Brook Primary Academy is a welcoming, inclusive school located in Shiregreen, Sheffield. As part of the Astrea Academy Trust, we are proud to share the Trust’s values of scholarship, curiosity, tenacity, aspiration and unity - these guide everything we do. Our dedicated staff team works tirelessly to create a safe, nurturing environment where every child is encouraged to flourish."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and running.
The school runs a breakfast club.
Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 25 November 2026 at 3.30pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Sheffield
Vision and values (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils at Hartley Brook 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 fell from 61% in reading and 58% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Hartley Brook Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 52 families put Hartley Brook Primary School as their first choice and 96 named it as one of their preferences, for 53 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Hartley Brook Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Hartley Brook Primary School are Hatfield Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 44% reading, 51% maths); St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 68% reading, 70% maths); Beck Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 49% reading, 46% maths); and Monteney Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 63% reading, 63% maths).
Hartley Brook Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.
Hatfield AcademySt Patrick's Catholic Voluntary AcademyBeck Primary SchoolMonteney Primary School
The trust
Hartley Brook Primary School is one of 26 schools run by Astrea Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Who goes there
59.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 126 pupils (21.8%) received SEN support and 18 (3.1%) 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.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Medowhall Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Gregg House Road/Champion Road (adjacent), 70 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Hartley Brook Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Hartley Brook Primary School issued 62 suspensions, 10.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Hartley Brook Primary School are Lift Firth Park (0.3 miles), Hinde House 2-16 Academy (1 mile) and Yewlands Academy (1.5 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Most pupils enjoy attending school. They are polite, welcoming and inclusive of others. Pupils have confidence that adults will support them with any concerns they may have. This helps pupils to feel safe in school.
The majority of pupils, including children in the early years, behave well. They enjoy playing with their friends at social times. In lessons, most pupils focus on their learning. Pupils who struggle to meet leaders' high expectations for conduct receive additional support from the school to improve their behaviour. This effective work has significantly reduced the number of pupils who receive sanctions for poor behaviour. Pupils understand how behaving well benefits all members of the school community.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
Historic weaknesses in the school's curriculum have resulted in some pupils achieving less well than they should have. Some pupils have not always been as well prepared as they might have been for secondary school. Leaders have addressed these issues. They have strengthened the quality of the curriculum that pupils study. This is now established. Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, develop more secure understanding of a range of subjects than former pupils. They are increasingly well-prepared for their next steps in education.
Teachers use a set of common routines to teach the school's curriculum. These are informed by research. The school trains staff in how to use this approach. In most lessons, staff use these routines consistently to support pupils to learn the curriculum. Teaching strategies, such as modelling new knowledge or regularly reviewing what pupils know, help pupils to commit information to memory. Teachers provide effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). This enables these pupils to learn the school's ambitious curriculum. In some lessons, how staff check what pupils know is not as effective as it could be. Some pupils' misconceptions go uncorrected. Information from these checks is not well used by teachers to adapt their teaching.
From Ofsted's June 2024 inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its June 2024 inspection.
Rated Good for
Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.
At a Glance
59.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 61% to 53% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 59% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 58% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
27.6
Avg class size
26.9
Infant (KS1)
28.3
KS2
21
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
Keep up with Hartley Brook Primary School
Before and after school care
Hartley Brook Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Sheffield
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Hartley Brook Primary School.
- Happy Hearts After - School Club940m away · Not yet graded
- Let's Play @ Concord Sports Centre940m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Hartley Brook Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Sheffield's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Hartley Brook Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Hartley Brook Primary 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
- 28
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 8
- Children hurt
- 8
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 28 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 20 slight.
8 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
3 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.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
557 pupils
630 places
73 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.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(2)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
126
SEN Support
18
EHC Plans
24.9%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
579
Total Pupils
272
Boys
307
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
31
Teachers
18.7:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£50,782
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,116
Per pupil
£3904k
Total funding
£483k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
8.8%
Overall absence
29.0%
Persistent absence
542
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
Hartley Brook Primary School
Questions parents ask about Hartley Brook Primary School
What are SATs results like at Hartley Brook Primary School?
Of the pupils at Hartley Brook Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 53% reached the expected standard in reading and 59% did so in maths.
What is Hartley Brook Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Hartley Brook Primary School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in June 2024.
What is the catchment area for Hartley Brook Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Hartley Brook Primary 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 Hartley Brook Primary School?
Hartley Brook Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 88% of its 630 places.
How big are the classes at Hartley Brook Primary School?
Classes at Hartley Brook Primary School average 27.6 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 Hartley Brook Primary School?
Hartley Brook Primary School has around 579 pupils on roll. 59% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Hartley Brook Primary School?
8.8% of sessions were missed at Hartley Brook Primary School in 2024/25. 29% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Hartley Brook Primary School?
Apply through Sheffield's coordinated admissions process, naming Hartley Brook Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Hartley Brook Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Hartley Brook Primary School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Ofsted's childcare register lists 2 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of Hartley Brook Primary School: Happy Hearts After - School Club (940m away, registered, not yet graded) and Let's Play @ Concord Sports Centre (940m away, registered, not yet graded).
How many road collisions happen near Hartley Brook Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 28 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 8 serious and 20 slight. 8 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 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 Hartley Brook Primary School?
Hartley Brook Primary School is at Hartley Brook Road, Shiregreen, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 0JF.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)