Meersbrook Bank Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.858 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Meersbrook Bank Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 July 2022. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Meersbrook Bank Primary 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 2026 | 0.858 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.858 miles from the school, the 12th shortest of 25 Sheffield primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was about the same as in 2024 and further than in 2020, after a sharp swing between 2021 and 2023.
- Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Derbyshire Lane, Sheffield, S8 9EH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 229 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 July 2022
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of community at Meersbrook Bank Primary School.”
- “The quality of the provision enables pupils to flourish.”
- “They are safe, happy and take pride in their school.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, in early reading sessions, pupils become excited and there is too much calling out.”
- “Teachers do not address this quickly enough consistently.”
- “A small number of pupils who fell behind during the Covid-19 pandemic are still catching up.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 57% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Nether Edge Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carter Knowle Junior School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- Carfield Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Holt House Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodseats Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- Anns Grove Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mundella Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lowfield Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good