Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery
Wharncliffe Side, S35 0DD · Sheffield local authority
Wharncliffe Side’s School Grade A better than 89% of towns in England
What stands out about Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery
- Its own letter, C: Key Stage 2 results better than 29% of England’s primary schools
- 55% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7 points below England’s schools
- 35% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, November 2022 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (17 of 17)
- Homes in its postcode sector (S35 0) sold for a median £312,000; Wharncliffe Side’s is £220,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 55%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 28% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Sheffield avg 58%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 107, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2022 (5). 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.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Wharncliffe Side and Sheffield, side by side
2023–2025All 111 graded primaries in Sheffield. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Wharncliffe Side’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totley Primary School | A+ | 8% | 86% |
| Oughtibridge Primary School | A+ | 9% | 84% |
| Loxley Primary School | A | 11% | 82% |
| Westways Primary School | A | 16% | 80% |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School | A | 5% | 80% |
| Angram Bank Primary School | A | 43% | 79% |
| Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | A | 9% | 79% |
| St John Fisher Primary, A Catholic Voluntary Academy | A | 20% | 78% |
| Carter Knowle Junior School | A | 18% | 77% |
| Shortbrook Primary School | A | 65% | 77% |
| Mundella Primary School | A | 13% | 77% |
| Ecclesall Primary School | A | 4% | 76% |
| Mosborough Primary School | A− | 14% | 75% |
| Dore Primary School | A− | 7% | 75% |
| Prince Edward Primary School | A− | 46% | 74% |
| Bradfield Dungworth Primary School | A− | 8% | 74% |
| Greengate Lane Academy | A− | 57% | 73% |
| Hallam Nursery & Primary School | A− | 9% | 73% |
| Malin Bridge Primary School | A− | 20% | 73% |
| St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy | A− | 11% | 72% |
| Wisewood Nursery & Primary School | A− | 45% | 72% |
| Carfield Primary School | A− | 26% | 71% |
| St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy | A− | 16% | 71% |
| Charnock Hall Primary Academy | A− | 18% | 71% |
| Norton Free Church of England Primary School | B+ | 19% | 69% |
| St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam) | B+ | 37% | 69% |
| Grenoside Community Primary School | B+ | 22% | 69% |
| Walkley Primary School | B+ | 25% | 68% |
| Deepcar St John's Church of England Junior School | B | 31% | 67% |
| Pipworth Community Primary School | B | 60% | 67% |
| St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy | B | 20% | 67% |
| Marlcliffe Community Primary School | B | 14% | 66% |
| Coit Primary School | B | 13% | 66% |
| Nether Edge Primary School | B | 28% | 66% |
| Clifford All Saints CofE Primary School | B | 12% | 66% |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | B− | 35% | 64% |
| Woodthorpe Primary School | B− | 63% | 64% |
| Stocksbridge Junior School | B− | 28% | 64% |
| Bradway Primary School | B− | 15% | 63% |
| St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy | B− | 18% | 63% |
| Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy | B− | 20% | 63% |
| Southey Green Nursery & Primary School | B− | 56% | 62% |
| Nether Green Junior School | B− | 13% | 61% |
| Athelstan Primary School | B− | 32% | 61% |
| Stradbroke Primary School | B− | 52% | 61% |
| Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School | B− | 58% | 61% |
| Hillsborough Nursery & Primary School | B− | 46% | 61% |
| High Hazels Junior School | B− | 61% | 61% |
| Nook Lane Junior School | B− | 16% | 61% |
| Anns Grove Primary School | B− | 34% | 61% |
| Abbey Lane Primary School | B− | 16% | 61% |
| Lydgate Junior School | C+ | 11% | 59% |
| Halfway Junior School | C+ | 33% | 59% |
| Windmill Hill Primary School | C+ | 19% | 59% |
| Meersbrook Bank Primary School | C | 9% | 57% |
| Intake Primary School | C | 35% | 56% |
| Lound Junior School | C | 18% | 56% |
| Oasis Academy Watermead | C | 55% | 56% |
| Tinsley Meadows Primary School | C | 54% | 56% |
| Birley Primary Academy | C | 28% | 56% |
| Lowfield Community Primary School | C | 40% | 55% |
| Ballifield Primary School | C | 19% | 55% |
| Abbeyfield Primary Academy | C | 48% | 55% |
| Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery | C | 35% | 55% |
| Whiteways Primary School | C | 61% | 55% |
| St Theresa's Catholic Primary School | C | 22% | 54% |
| Meynell Nursery & Primary School | C | 68% | 54% |
| Hucklow Primary School | C | 48% | 54% |
| Owler Brook Primary School | C | 71% | 54% |
| Oasis Academy Don Valley | C− | 68% | 53% |
| Brook House Junior | C− | 23% | 53% |
| Springfield Primary School | C− | 37% | 52% |
| Rivelin Primary School | C− | 19% | 52% |
| Lowedges Primary Academy | C− | 71% | 52% |
| Brunswick Community Primary School | C− | 33% | 51% |
| Woodseats Primary School | C− | 31% | 51% |
| Ecclesfield Primary School | C− | 31% | 50% |
| Greenhill Primary School | C− | 39% | 50% |
| Mansel Primary | C− | 55% | 49% |
| Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior Academy | C− | 43% | 49% |
| Monteney Primary School | D | 37% | 47% |
| Lower Meadow Primary School | D | 72% | 47% |
| Hartley Brook Primary School | D | 62% | 47% |
| Woodhouse West Primary School | D | 57% | 47% |
| St Joseph's Primary School | D | 13% | 46% |
| Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy | D | 41% | 46% |
| Birley Spa Primary Academy | D | 50% | 46% |
| Pye Bank CofE Primary School | D | 60% | 46% |
| Gleadless Primary School | D | 31% | 46% |
| High Green Primary School | D | 17% | 45% |
| Parson Cross Church of England Primary School | D | 30% | 45% |
| E-ACT Pathways Academy | D | 64% | 45% |
| St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | D | 20% | 45% |
| Woodlands Primary School | D | 63% | 45% |
| Hinde House 2-16 Academy | D | 54% | 43% |
| Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School | D | 42% | 43% |
| Netherthorpe Primary School | D | 52% | 42% |
| Reignhead Primary School | D | 34% | 42% |
| Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School | D | 71% | 42% |
| Phillimore Community Primary School | D | 55% | 42% |
| Rainbow Forge Primary Academy | D | 47% | 40% |
| Hatfield Academy | D | 56% | 39% |
| Arbourthorne Community Primary School | D− | 68% | 38% |
| Byron Wood Primary Academy | D− | 56% | 38% |
| Norfolk Community Primary School | D− | 63% | 33% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy | D− | 33% | 31% |
| Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School | D− | 47% | 31% |
| Acres Hill Community Primary School | D− | 55% | 31% |
| Fox Hill Primary | D− | 61% | 30% |
| Beck Primary School | D− | 56% | 30% |
| Oasis Academy Fir Vale | D− | 83% | 27% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025152 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, November 2022.
Living near Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in S35 0, the school’s postcode sector
Wharncliffe Side property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in S35 0 sell for well over Wharncliffe Side’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
1 state schoolLocation
Directions ↗Wharncliffe Side, S35 0DD
Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery: common questions
Is Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery a good school?
By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 29% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C), with 55% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, November 2022.
How hard is it to get into Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery?
For September 2026, 17 families put Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery first and all of them were offered a place; 18 places were offered in all.
What is Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2022).
How much do houses cost near Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery?
Homes in its postcode sector, S35 0, sold for a median £312,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (328 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; Wharncliffe Side’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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