Springfield Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.922 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Springfield Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 6 November 2024. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Springfield 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 | 0.922 mi |
| 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 2024/25, 43% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.922 miles away, the 11th longest of 25 Sheffield primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024 and 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 25 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 24 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
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
- Cavendish Street, Sheffield, S3 7RZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 6 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel valued at Springfield, and this is because the school does value each individual who attends here.”
- “Leaders hear the voices of staff and pupils.”
- “This supports the school in its genuine collaborative approach to learning, improving learning experiences both in and out of the classroom.”
To improve
- “The school’s development of pupil oracy is less strong.”
- “Some pupils are less able to speak with confidence and stamina.”
- “The use of subject-specific language across all subjects and enabling pupils to use this vocabulary accurately is limited.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 December 2024 (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) | 43% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 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.
- Netherthorpe Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged
- Broomhill Infant School 0.7 mi Good
- Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lowfield Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Westways Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Hunter's Bar Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hunter's Bar Junior School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade