Reignhead Primary School

About Reignhead Primary School

Reignhead Primary School in Sheffield was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating. The school's most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2, which stood at 39% in the 2023/24 academic year. This places the school well below the Sheffield local authority average of 57% and ranks it 94th out of 106 primary schools in the area, putting it in the bottom 50 nationally. In individual subjects, reading had the highest proportion of pupils meeting expectations at 56%, followed by writing at 55% and maths at 51%. The average scaled scores were 101 for reading and 99 for maths, while the percentage of pupils achieving the higher standard in all three subjects was just 2%.

The school's Ofsted report from December 2024 gave Good ratings across all five categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This marks a clear turnaround from the 2017 inspection when the school was judged to require improvement in overall effectiveness, leadership and management, and early years provision. Parent feedback from the most recent Parent View survey, which collected 32 responses between September 2024 and September 2025, shows mixed views. While 78% of parents said their child is happy at the school and 81% agreed their child does well, only 53% felt bullying is dealt with effectively, and 41% said concerns are dealt with properly. The school's recommendation rate from parents was 63%.

Reignhead Primary is a mixed, state-funded school for children aged 3 to 11, with a current roll of 244 pupils against a capacity of 315. The school has a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 36%. It offers a nursery provision and a range of facilities including art studios, a forest school, library, music rooms, ICT suite, playing fields and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, gymnastics, netball, rounders, cricket and swimming, while clubs include gardening, chess, eco club, book club and choir. The school provides support for a wide range of special educational needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language communication, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 academic year, the school was oversubscribed with 44 applications for 19 places, and 18 of those were first-preference offers. This is a school that has improved its Ofsted rating and offers broad facilities, but whose academic outcomes and parent satisfaction on certain measures suggest it may suit families who value the wider provision and pastoral support over headline exam results.

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