Acres Hill Community Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Reception 2021
0.461 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 16 April 2021
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Acres Hill Community Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 entry.
Acres Hill 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 2021 | 0.461 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 17.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 across 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
- Mather Road, Littledale, Sheffield, S9 4GQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school and happy to attend.”
- “Pupils say, rightly, that their school is an inclusive place to be.”
- “The majority of pupils hold the ‘Acres attributes’ of care, collaboration, creativity, resilience, respect and reflection in high regard.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, the behaviour of some pupils in lessons is not well managed.”
- “This can disrupt the learning of others.”
- “The school has high expectations for all pupils’ achievement, but these are not currently realised at the end of key stage 2.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 February 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) | 45% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- Pipworth Community Primary School 0.4 mi Good
- High Hazels Junior School 0.5 mi Standards maintained
- High Hazels Nursery Infant Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Athelstan Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Phillimore Community Primary School 1.0 mi Good
- St Theresa's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published