Anston Park Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Sheffield, Rotherham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Anston Park Infant School is a primary school in Sheffield, Rotherham for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 June 2022. Rotherham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Anston Park Infant 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 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 42 first-choice applications for 45 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 24th lowest of 87 Rotherham primary schools.
- In 2026, 40 Reception offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place; 5 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- There are 22.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Rotherham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Rotherham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Park Avenue, Dinnington, Sheffield, S25 2QZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Rotherham
- Pupils on roll
- 155 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 June 2022
Strengths
- “Anston Park Infant School is a welcoming school.”
- “Pupils are happy, confident and feel safe.”
- “This helps to create a strong sense of community in the school.”
To improve
- “In some lessons in the wider curriculum, for example design and technology, the curriculum is not planned in as much detail.”
- “In early years, the outdoor provision is not always used to maximum effect.”
- “Opportunities to connect activities to current learning are not taken enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 42 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 40 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 Rotherham.
- Anston Park Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Anston Greenlands Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- Anston Brook Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Dinnington Community Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement
- Anston Hillcrest Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Laughton Junior and Infant School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Todwick Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published