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Acres Hill Community Primary School

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

personMr Christopher Howlett

corporate_fareSHEFFIELD SOUTH EAST TRUST

location_onSheffield, S9 4GQ

language Visit Website phone 1142441512

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2025

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Students

225

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Expected Standard

45%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Acres Hill Community Primary School is a Academy sponsor led primary school in Sheffield, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 87% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Acres Hill Community Primary School is an academy sponsor led in Sheffield, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of SHEFFIELD SOUTH EAST TRUST. The school has approximately 233 pupils on roll, of whom 52% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 15% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #94 of 109 primaries in Sheffield and #12,613 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement, personal development Good, and leadership and management Requires improvement.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 17.8:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 2.2 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

45%

LA 56%

Reading58% LA 70%

Writing45% LA 65%

Maths70% LA 69%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

28%

LA 54%England 61%

Reading38% LA 68% · Eng 74%

Writing38% LA 65% · Eng 72%

Maths52% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

18%

LA 54%England 60%

Reading36% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing32% LA 64% · Eng 71%

Maths43% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3.4

Read

LA -0.6

-5.9 to -0.9

-3.2

Write

LA -1.0

-5.5 to -0.8

-2.1

Maths

LA -0.7

-4.4 to 0.2

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

29%

LA 61%England 65%

Reading41% LA 68% · Eng 73%

Writing55% LA 74% · Eng 78%

Maths49% LA 74% · Eng 79%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

101

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.3

Read

LA -0.6

-0.5 to 3.1

2.1

Write

LA -0.3

0.5 to 3.8

1.5

Maths

LA -0.2

-0.1 to 3.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

48%

LA 59%

Reading58% LA 69%

Writing70% LA 74%

Maths58% LA 71%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

104

Progress (0 = national avg)

-3

Read

LA -0.3

-4.9 to -1.1

0.3

Write

LA 0.0

-1.5 to 2.1

-2.2

Maths

LA -0.2

-4 to -0.4

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

14 January 2025

Inspection Report

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06 November 2019

Inspection Report

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28 September 2017

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

5 Evaluations

2025-01-14

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Requires improvement

Development

Good

Leadership

Requires improvement

2019-11-06

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2017-09-28

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2015-11-24

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Inadequate

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Inadequate

2013-10-08

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

Requires improvement

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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

2.1%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.9%(2 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 233 pupils. During this period, there were 5 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 2.1%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	233	5	2.1%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	231	5	2.2%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	238	3	1.3%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	228	7	3.1%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	222	5	2.3%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	226	2	0.9%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	225	4	1.8%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	220	2	0.9%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	232	2	0.9%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	225	1	0.4%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	218	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	229	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	227	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	220	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	244	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	244	2	0.8%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	240	3	1.2%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	291	1	0.3%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	286	1	0.3%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	280	1	0.4%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	326	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	309	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	295	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	319	6	1.9%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	313	6	1.9%	0.4%	2

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.

Speech, Language & Communication 34 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 9 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 5 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 5 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Hearing Impairment 1 pupils