Owler Brook Primary School, Sheffield

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils at Owler Brook Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 60% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 72% in Sheffield and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 76% in reading and 67% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 28 families put Owler Brook Primary School as their first choice and 39 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Owler Brook Primary School are Oasis Academy Fir Vale (0.3 miles, Good, 37% reading, 37% maths); Whiteways Primary School (0.4 miles, 68% reading, 65% maths); Hucklow Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 58% reading, 72% maths); and Limpsfield Junior School (0.7 miles, Good, 68% reading, 72% maths).

Owler Brook Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Owler Brook Primary School is one of 6 schools run by Cascade Multi Academy Trust, 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.

67.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 90.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (29%), other ethnic groups (16%) and Black (8%).

In 2026, 105 pupils (25.5%) received SEN support and 13 (3.2%) 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.

Owler Brook Primary School had 25 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Arena/Olympic Legacy Park to Mdwhall, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Owler Lane/Wensley Street (adjacent), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Owler 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.

In August 2026, police recorded 464 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Sheffield (267), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Owler Brook Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Owler Brook Primary School are Fir Vale Academy (0.2 miles), Oasis Academy Don Valley (1 mile), UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park (1 mile) and Hinde House 2-16 Academy (1.1 miles).