Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School

About Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School

Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School in Sheffield holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across both its most recent inspections. In its 2024 ungraded inspection, the school was confirmed to remain Good, with leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all rated Good. The most telling academic metric comes from the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results: 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits just below the Sheffield local authority average of 57%, placing the school 59th out of 106 primary schools in the area. While the school is not among the top performers locally — its ranking falls in the bottom 50% nationally — the data shows a mixed picture, with reading and writing both hitting 71% for expected standards, and maths at 67%.

Looking deeper into the SATs scores, Sharrow’s average scaled scores are 104 in reading and 103 in maths, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. However, the proportion of pupils reaching the higher standard is notably lower: just 26% in reading, 24% in maths, and only 7% in writing. This suggests the school is effective at bringing most children to a solid baseline but less so at stretching the highest achievers. The school’s Progress 8 scores are not available, so it is hard to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. With 48.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals — well above the national average — the context is important: Sharrow serves a significantly disadvantaged community, and its results should be read with that in mind.

The school is significantly oversubscribed: for 2025/26, it received 143 applications for just 60 places, with 66 first-preference applications and 60 offers made. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 2.38, reflecting strong local demand. Facilities include playing fields, a sports hall, music rooms, a library, a sensory room and even a chapel. The school offers a broad range of sports — football, gymnastics, cricket, swimming and cross country — plus clubs in drama, film and art. SEND provision is well-developed, covering dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional needs, speech and language issues, physical disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder. With nursery provision from age two through to Year 6, Sharrow suits families looking for a full primary journey in a diverse, inner-city setting where the school is clearly popular despite not being academically elite.

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