Athelstan Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.659 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Athelstan Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Athelstan 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 2025 | 1.659 mi |
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 1.659 miles away, the 3rd longest of 7 Sheffield primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception in 2026 had 80 first-choice applications for 89 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Sheffield.
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
- Richmond Park Way, Handsworth, Sheffield, S13 8HH
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 604 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “This is a vibrant, happy and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils speak very positively about their school with one saying that they would like to come to school every day!”
- “Pupils engage with their learning enthusiastically and there is a lively atmosphere at social times as pupils enjoy playing with the equipment provided.”
To improve
- “However, when pupils move from reading to writing in Reception and key stage 1, they are less proficient.”
- “Pupils’ writing in other subjects is less strong.”
- “Year 4 pupils were able to ask good questions about local history using maps taken from different times, but were less secure in answering questions about the Vikings.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 May 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 80 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 80 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.
- Stradbroke Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- Pipworth Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good
- Woodthorpe Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Ballifield Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Acres Hill Community Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodhouse West Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged