Brightside Nursery Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.012 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2022 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Brightside Nursery Infant School is a primary school in Sheffield for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2025 entry.
Brightside Nursery Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 2.012 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2025 the last child offered a place lived 2.012 miles away, the longest of 7 Sheffield primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2025 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2022.
- Reception in 2026 had 58 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 36.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sheffield is 52.2%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sheffield schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Jenkin Road, Sheffield, S9 1AS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “This school provides an exceptional education for its pupils.”
- “Well trained and caring staff support pupils extremely well in their education and personal development.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sheffield.
- Limpsfield Junior School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Brigantia Hill Fort Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Owler Brook Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Tinsley Meadows Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- Phillimore Community Primary School 1.2 mi Good
- Oasis Academy Fir Vale 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Whiteways Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained
- Hucklow Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published