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Hunter's Bar Infant School

PrimaryAges 4–7Academy

Sheffield, S11 8ZG · Sheffield local authority

Sheffield’s School Grade C+ better than 45% of towns in England

Getting in
90/102
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
The gist

What stands out about Hunter's Bar Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, February 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • 88% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (90 of 102)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (S11 8) sold for a median £290,000; Sheffield’s is £215,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Hunter's Bar Infant School?

88% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

102
families put it first for September 2026
90
places offered
88%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (23), 2020 (18), 2021 (14), 2022 (11), 2023 (13), 2024 (8), 2025 (17), 2026 (12). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Peak Edge sets the admissions rules. Apply through Sheffield council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Sheffield, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.53 per place
63% got their first choice
1.42 per place
69% got their first choice
1.37 per place
71% got their first choice
1.34 per place
74% got their first choice
1.30 per place
77% got their first choice
1.30 per place
72% got their first choice
1.30 per place
77% got their first choice
1.23 per place
76% got their first choice
1.20 per place
79% got their first choice
Hunter's Bar Infant
1.13 per place
88% got their first choice
Its letter

No letter for Hunter's Bar Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, February 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Hunter's Bar Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in S11 8, the school’s postcode sector

Sheffield property prices →
£290,000
median sale, 407 sales in 36 months · Sheffield £215,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025S11 8Sheffield
S11 8Sheffield

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£423K
Semi-detached
£375K
Terraced
£290K
Flat
£154K
S11 8Sheffield

Homes in S11 8 sell for well over Sheffield’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

29 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNACC+CB−DC−AA−AAAA−DBAA+B−BAA−A−B−A+Hunter's Bar Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Sheffield, S11 8ZG

Hunter's Bar Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Hunter's Bar Infant School?

For September 2026, 102 families put Hunter's Bar Infant School first and 90 of them were offered a place; 90 places were offered in all.

What is Hunter's Bar Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (February 2023).

How much do houses cost near Hunter's Bar Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, S11 8, sold for a median £290,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (407 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Sheffield’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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