Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School, Sheffield

Ofsted's report card from its 15 September 2026 inspection grades Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School on 6 areas: 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders take a thoughtful and supportive approach to attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "There is a carefully sequenced curriculum in place."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders create a warm and welcoming ethos."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders know their school and its community well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have devised a well-considered personal development programme."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils' attainment in national tests has been inconsistent over recent years."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that pupils' attainment continues to improve"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers consistently use effective assessment to accurately identify and address gaps in pupils' knowledge"; "Leaders should further refine the personal development programme to reflect pupils' local context and interests in order to further develop their world view and increase their aspirations".

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include cricket, choir, STEM and sewing.

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils at Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 56% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 72% in Rotherham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 70% in reading and 74% in maths in 2024.

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

Across Rotherham, 94% 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 Rotherham lodged 93 appeals against primary school offers; 75 reached a hearing and 27 succeeded (36% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School are Kiveton Park Infant School (0.4 miles, Good); Wales Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 90% reading, 87% maths); Todwick Primary School (1 mile, Good, 87% reading, 94% maths); and Aston Hall Junior and Infant School (1.4 miles, Good, 89% reading, 89% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School.

Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School is one of 20 schools run by James Montgomery Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

33.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 33 pupils (19.2%) received SEN support and 5 (2.9%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Kiveton Bridge Rail Station, about 630 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chestnut Avenue/Storth Lane (at), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 50 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Rotherham (146).

In 2024/25, Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School issued 4 suspensions, 2.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.