Swallownest Primary School, Sheffield

Ofsted's report card from its 14 July 2026 inspection grades Swallownest Primary School on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve well and disadvantaged pupils achieve particularly well."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders make attendance a priority."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have developed a curriculum that is coherent and carefully sequenced from the early years to Year 6."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders sum up their approach to inclusion as 'essential for some, good for everyone'."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children get off to a positive start in the early years."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Parents and carers are generally positive about the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a broad personal development programme that is embedded within the curriculum and across the wider life of the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the quality of the early years environment and of adults' interactions with children is consistently high across all of the provision, so that every child benefits from the same high-quality experiences"; "Leaders should ensure that the personal development programme helps all pupils to build deep knowledge of the range of faiths represented in modern Britain, so that pupils are well prepared for life in a diverse society".

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils at Swallownest Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 94% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 72% and 72% in Rotherham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (90% in reading, 87% in maths).

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

For September 2026 entry, 13 families put Swallownest Primary School as their first choice and 31 named it as one of their preferences, for 14 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Swallownest Primary School are Aughton Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 65% reading, 62% maths); Aston Fence Junior and Infant School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 97% reading, 93% maths); Aston Lodge Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 76% reading, 72% maths); and Springwood Primary Academy (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 37% reading, 53% maths).

Swallownest Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Swallownest Primary School is one of 20 schools run by The Diocese of Sheffield Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

5.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

Swallownest Primary School had 19 teachers in 2026, one for every 10 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Woodhouse Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rotherham Road/Aughton Road (opposite), 30 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 81 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 Rotherham (146).

Swallownest Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.