Prince Edward Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.357 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2023 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Prince Edward 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 13 March 2024. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Prince Edward 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 | 0.357 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 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 for 2026 lived 0.357 miles from the school, the 3rd shortest of 25 Sheffield primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2023 and in 2021, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 65 first-choice applications for 60 offers, with 54 offers going to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 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
- Queen Mary Road, Sheffield, S2 1EE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 439 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils live and breathe the school’s nine values which include respect, determination and kindness.”
- “Those pupils who receive the ‘Pride of Prince Edward’ award for demonstrating the school’s values take great joy in wearing their badge.”
- “In lessons pupils are focussed and attentive.”
To improve
- “However, checks made on whether pupils are remembering the intended knowledge more widely, and over time, is not as well developed.”
- “In a small number of lessons, some pupils with SEND undertake activities that do not support their learning precisely enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 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) | 78% | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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.
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Woodthorpe Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Intake Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gleadless Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Norfolk Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good
- Arbourthorne Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Pipworth Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published