Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.293 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 25 June 2025. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Watercliffe Meadow Community 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 | 0.293 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.293 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 25 Sheffield primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.91 miles).
- The Reception 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2024 and nearer than in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 72 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd 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
- Boynton Road, Sheffield, S5 7HL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 480 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 25 June 2025
Strengths
- “The school is warm and welcoming.”
- “Pupils enjoy attending and are happy.”
- “The school has high ambition for pupils’ achievements.”
To improve
- “However, the strategies used to support pupils to remember the wider curriculum are not as effective.”
- “As a result, some pupils struggle to recall key knowledge.”
- “However, at times, some pupils are not as engaged in their learning as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2025 (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) | 68% | 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: 72 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Oasis Academy Watermead 0.2 mi Not judged
- E-ACT Pathways Academy 0.3 mi Not judged
- St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam) 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding
- Abbeyfield Primary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged
- Southey Green Nursery & Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hucklow Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Fir Vale 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Meynell Nursery & Primary School 1.1 mi Good