Netherthorpe Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.2899 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Netherthorpe Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2022. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Netherthorpe 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 | 0.2899 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.2899 miles away, the shortest of 25 Sheffield primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.91 miles).
- Its 1.5 first choices per offer for Reception 2026 was the highest of 111 Sheffield primary schools.
- For Reception 2026: 46 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families (37%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Netherthorpe Street, Sheffield, S3 7JA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 257 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils say that everyone is welcome here.”
- “Pupils and staff celebrate the diversity within the school.”
- “Pupils form trusting relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, teachers do not select the best activities to deliver the curriculum.”
- “At times, work is not well matched to pupils' abilities.”
- “As a result of this inconsistency in curriculum delivery, pupils' achievement is mixed across the school.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 2026 (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: 46 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.
- Springfield Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Good
- Westways Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Pye Bank CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Broomhill Infant School 0.9 mi Good
- Walkley Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy 1.1 mi Not judged
- Byron Wood Primary Academy 1.2 mi Not judged