Renishaw Primary School, Sheffield
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Renishaw Primary School excels at creating a warm, caring environment where your child will feel happy, supported and safe. The school has strong behaviour management and excellent pastoral care to support pupils' emotional wellbeing. Your child will also benefit from a rich range of enrichment activities including learning to play musical instruments and taking part in memorable school trips.
Key Strengths
- Calm, orderly classrooms with positive behaviour and few disruptions to learning
- Strong safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and supported
- Excellent personal development programme including music tuition, rock bands, and school trips
- High-quality pastoral care and emotional support for all pupils
- Improving mathematics outcomes close to national averages
Areas for Improvement
- Reading and writing outcomes remain below national averages, particularly in early years and key stage 1
- Teachers do not consistently adapt curriculum to meet individual pupil needs and starting points
- Basic errors in spelling, punctuation and handwriting not corrected quickly enough
- Early years teaching lacks precision, particularly in phonics instruction
- Variability in teaching quality between subjects and classes
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Musical instruments tuition, rock bands, school trips
Renishaw Primary School provides a warm, nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and happy, with effective behaviour management and strong pastoral care. However, the school needs to improve achievement in reading and writing, particularly in the early years and key stage 1, to better prepare pupils for secondary school.
At a Glance
32.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 56% to 61%. Maths has declined from 81% to 74%. Writing has declined from 69% to 65%.
Class Sizes
25.3
Avg class size
26.7
Infant (KS1)
24.3
KS2
8
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
89%
Available places
187 pupils
210 capacity
23 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Sheffield
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Sheffield
Admissions Demand - Derbyshire
Places available
9,886
Applications
7,225
Got 1st preference
96.4%
Got preferred school
99.2%
Primary admissions across Derbyshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(13)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.21098%
Overall absence
17.5%
Persistent absence
160
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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