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St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Delia Evans

corporate_fareST CLARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

location_onSheffield, S7 2HE

language Visit Website phone 1142365529

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2022

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Students

301

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Expected Standard

77%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Sheffield, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 17% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Sheffield, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of ST CLARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 280 pupils on roll, of whom 6% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 5% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #40 of 109 primaries in Sheffield and #5,438 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2022. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 25.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.7 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

77%

LA 56%

Reading98% LA 70%

Writing84% LA 65%

Maths91% LA 69%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

76%

LA 54%England 61%

Reading85% LA 68% · Eng 74%

Writing80% LA 65% · Eng 72%

Maths93% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

87%

LA 54%England 60%

Reading89% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing93% LA 64% · Eng 71%

Maths96% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

111

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.8

Read

LA -0.6

-1.1 to 2.6

-1.3

Write

LA -1.0

-3.1 to 0.5

-2.0

Maths

LA -0.7

-3.8 to -0.3

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

75%

LA 61%England 65%

Reading79% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Writing88% LA 74% · Eng 78%

Maths92% LA 74% · Eng 79%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.0

Read

LA -0.6

-1.8 to 1.7

0.0

Write

LA -0.3

-1.6 to 1.7

-1.4

Maths

LA -0.2

-3.0 to 0.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

88%

LA 59%

Reading88% LA 69%

Writing95% LA 74%

Maths98% LA 71%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.8

Read

LA -0.3

-1 to 2.6

3.6

Write

LA 0.0

1.9 to 5.3

1.1

Maths

LA -0.2

-0.5 to 2.7

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

05 July 2022

Inspection Report

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02 October 2012

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2022-07-05

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2007-10-23

Section 5 RTI Historic EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 280 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	280	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	282	4	1.4%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	291	2	0.7%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	290	1	0.3%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	291	2	0.7%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	300	2	0.7%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	301	6	2.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	297	1	0.3%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	308	1	0.3%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	306	9	2.9%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	307	2	0.7%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	309	2	0.6%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	311	0	0.0%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	312	3	1.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	309	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	309	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	310	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	311	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	311	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	310	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	306	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	307	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	307	1	0.3%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	300	1	0.3%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	300	1	0.3%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	300	1	0.3%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 19 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 9 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 8 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 4 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils