Norton Free Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.521 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Norton Free Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Norton Free Church of England 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 | 0.521 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.521 miles away, nearer than in 2024, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 6 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 37 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 78% was the highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Sheffield that have results.
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
- Matthews Lane, Norton, Sheffield, S8 8JS
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at Norton Free Church of England School, and enjoy school.”
- “Leaders create a caring and supportive environment where everyone is respected.”
- “There are excellent relationships between staff, pupils and families.”
To improve
- “However, some subjects do not have the same careful development and sequencing of important knowledge.”
- “This means that teachers do not always build effectively on pupils’ prior learning.”
- “However, this practice is not always consistent across all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 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) | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- Mundella Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged
- Woodlands Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- Woodseats Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- Abbey Lane Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Bankwood Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Lower Meadow Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained
- Carfield Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade