Anston Hillcrest Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sheffield, Rotherham
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Not published
From Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2018–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Anston Hillcrest Primary School is a primary school in Sheffield, Rotherham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Rotherham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2025 entry.
Anston Hillcrest 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 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 10.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Rotherham.
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, so 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Hawthorne Avenue, South Anston, Sheffield, S25 5GR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Rotherham
- Pupils on roll
- 237 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “This school has a climate where pupils are kind, respectful and enthusiastic.”
- “High expectations are set through the school’s values of kindness, respect, aspiration, teamwork and resilience.”
- “As a result, pupils behave and achieve well.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the school has not ensured that pupils have opportunities to connect their current and prior learning.”
- “As a result, pupils do not build their knowledge as well as they could.”
- “However, a few pupils do not consistently receive the most appropriate support at the right time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 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) | 63% | 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: 29 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 Rotherham.
- Anston Brook Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Anston Park Junior School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Anston Park Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Anston Greenlands Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Todwick Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained
- Kiveton Park Infant School 1.9 mi Good
- Dinnington Community Primary School 2.0 mi Requires improvement