Lound Junior School, Sheffield

Ofsted's report card from its 9 September 2026 inspection grades Lound 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.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils access an appropriate, broad curriculum."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that there is a sharp focus on securing pupils' basic knowledge, particularly in reading and mathematics."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school value of ‘be Lound and proud' underpins its welcoming approach."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "The school is ambitious for its pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from a broad and cohesive personal development offer across the school."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "The attendance of pupils remains below national averages."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should embed their work to increase pupils' attendance to bring about rapid improvements across all pupil groups"; "Leaders should continue to improve the implementation of the curriculum, ensuring teaching is highly effective across all classes and subjects".

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

Results rose from 78% in reading and 61% 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 Lound Junior School are Lound Infant School (0.3 miles, Good); Windmill Hill Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 60% reading, 56% maths); Greengate Lane Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 96% reading, 89% maths); and Coit Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 96% reading, 93% maths).

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

Lound Junior School is one of 10 schools run by Steel City Schools Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 45% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

2.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (89%) and Mixed (6%).

The nearest railway station is Chapeltown Rail Station, about 410 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lound Side/Mafeking Place (adjacent), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Lound Junior School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 142 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sheffield (267).

In 2024/25, Lound Junior School issued 18 suspensions, 9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.