Arbourthorne Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.542 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Arbourthorne Community Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 October 2022. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Arbourthorne 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 | 1.542 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 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 1.542 miles away, the 7th longest of 25 Sheffield primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance was further in 2026 than in 2025 and 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In Reception 2026 there were 85 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families and 26 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 42% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest 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
- Eastern Avenue, Sheffield, S2 2GQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 473 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 66.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 October 2022
Strengths
- “Arbourthorne Community Primary is a place of joy, inclusivity and learning.”
- “Pupils and staff are proud to be part of the ‘family’.”
- “Pupils feel safe and know they will be listened to if they have any concerns.”
To improve
- “This is needed to ensure that all children make progress as they play.”
- “Leaders recognise that historical outcomes in reading were not good enough.”
- “Some older pupils still have gaps in their knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 November 2022 (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) | 42% | 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: 85 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- Norfolk Community Primary School 0.4 mi Good
- Bankwood Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Carfield Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Prince Edward Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Anns Grove Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lowfield Community Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good