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Bradfield Dungworth Primary School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademy120 pupilsSheffield
School Chooser Score
86
Well above
similar schools
Likely range 67 to 95, so it could be “above”
Out of 100. Better than 89% of the 50 schools most like it. Getting better year on year.
OfstedGoodConfirmed by Ofsted, May 2023
Reached the expected level at 1190%England 63%
Attendance96.9%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families8%Far fewer than most schools
PlacesFull120 pupils, 120 places
Pupils per teacher19.4School workforce census

Bradfield Dungworth Primary School is a converter academy in Sheffield for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 120 pupils and every place is taken. About 8 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 86 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 89% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.

Dungworth Green, Dungworth, Sheffield, S6 6HE0114 285 1338bradfielddungworth.co.ukMr Liam Mitchell headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 4 May 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

21 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1190%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level14%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score110.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score107.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 88%88%20172018: 71%71%20182019: 71%71%20192023: 53%53%20232024: 77%77%20242025: 90%90%2025
Since 2017: +2%Improving overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025202420232019†2018†2017†SheffieldEngland
Pupils tested211319142117
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths90%77%53%71%71%88%59%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths14%23%5%14%5%12%6%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score110.0109.0105.0106.0105.0108.0104.8105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score107.0109.0105.0108.0104.0107.0103.7104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score108.0110.0106.0109.0104.0107.0104.4105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard100%85%74%79%86%100%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard100%100%74%71%81%88%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)90%77%79%79%86%94%
Reading progressReading progress score-1.7+0.5+1.2+1.9
Maths progressMaths progress score-0.3+1.8+1.0+2.1

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

† These results are for Bradfield Dungworth Primary School, the school this one replaced in May 2019. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
83%93%
Gap 10 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Open to all. There is no entrance test.

Catchment area

Sheffield council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 66 square kilometres. Living inside it moves your child up the queue when there are more applicants than places. It doesn't guarantee a place: the council's admissions rules decide the order.

Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.

Full130 pupils for 120 places, 2024/25
108% full

The school is full, with 10 more pupils than it has places for. More families apply than can get in, so things like how close you live and whether an older brother or sister is already here decide who gets a place. Pupil numbers have grown by 4% since 2021/22, so places are getting harder to come by.

Will my child get a place?

The last child to get a place lived 4.8 miles away in 2024. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils, faith and other priority groups are placed first. After that, the closer you live, the better your chances. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2024. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 4.8 miles from the school. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.

EntryPlacesGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2024 Primary15154.8 milesLA

What a home inside the catchment costs

Typical sale price inside the catchment£537,629half sold for £369k to £711k
Homes sold24December 2023 to December 2025, Land Registry
Compared with the district+148%a typical home in the district sells for £217,000

Every home sold inside the council's catchment area, of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll120Census January 2026
Places120100% full
Pupils from low-income families8%8% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English2%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support11%13 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan3%3 pupils with a plan
Average class size24.05 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)8%£13,950 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls58 / 62
White British pupils95%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 13.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 22.0 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (5), Specific learning difficulty (5), Moderate learning difficulty (3), Other difficulty or disability (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll120131135136127122
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals8%8%8%9%8%6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language2%2%2%2%0%1%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support10%10%14%13%12%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans2%2%0%0%0%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance96.9%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school5.0%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils3.12024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.8%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence3.1%3.2%2.9%4.7%1.5%4.7%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence2.3%2.2%2.5%4.1%1.2%4.1%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.8%0.9%0.5%0.6%0.3%0.6%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence5.0%4.2%2.5%6.3%0.0%4.7%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate3.12.21.50.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

† These attendance figures are for Bradfield Dungworth Primary School, the school this one replaced in May 2019. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers6.2full-time equivalent, 7 people
Pupils per teacher19.4Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants4.5full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£52,279
Teachers who left in the year0%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher17.52024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£6,748England £7,128. Total £884k
Income per pupil£6,664England £7,587. Total £873k
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,328England £3,405
Money in reserve4%Not much put by: £31k, £240 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out-£11kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£6,748spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m312 months to June 2026, mostly anti-social behaviour
Local crime rate35 per 1,000 people62% lower than the England average
Nearest bus stop150 mMain Road/Briers House Lane, 6 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Nook Lane Junior SchoolAcademy1.5 miles252Good 202353Compare
Stannington Infant SchoolAcademy1.6 miles179Outstanding 202399Compare
Loxley Primary SchoolAcademy1.9 miles207No overall grade 202597Compare
Shooter's Grove Primary SchoolAcademy2.3 milesGood 2022Compare
Oughtibridge Primary SchoolAcademy2.4 miles411Outstanding 202397Compare
Wisewood Nursery & Primary SchoolAcademy2.5 miles169Good 202261Compare
Malin Bridge Primary SchoolAcademy2.8 miles615Outstanding 202495Compare
Hallam Nursery & Primary SchoolAcademy2.8 miles658No overall grade 202595Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Bradfield Dungworth Primary School with the 47 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 47 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats89%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the top quarter of its group. Its score of 86 is 27 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 3 · middle 59 · highest 99100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 86 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 86% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 67 to 95. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%above
+0.14
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 21 pupils
Ofsted inspection19% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 3.4 years old
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.08
DfE progress measure; 21 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%well above
+0.23
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%well above
+0.12
2024/25; 119 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well above
+0.13
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 21 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Bradfield Dungworth Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Bradfield Dungworth Primary School scores 86 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 89% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 67 to 95, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been getting better over the last five years.

What is Bradfield Dungworth Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Bradfield Dungworth Primary School good at its last full inspection on 4 May 2023.

How good are Bradfield Dungworth Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 90% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 14% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Bradfield Dungworth Primary School have?

120 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 120 places, so it is 100% full.

Is Bradfield Dungworth Primary School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?

Yes. For September 2024 the last place went to a child living 4.8 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.

What is attendance like at Bradfield Dungworth Primary School?

Pupils were in school 96.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 5% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Bradfield Dungworth Primary School?

The average class had 24.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Dungworth Green, Dungworth, Sheffield, S6 6HE
Telephone
0114 285 1338
Website
www.bradfielddungworth.co.uk
Headteacher
Mr Liam Mitchell
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11
Gender
Mixed
Multi-academy trust
Peak Edge (15 schools)
Local authority
Sheffield
Ward
Stannington
Constituency
Sheffield Hallam
Setting
Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 May 2019 (academy converter)
URN
146488 · LAESTAB 3732328 · UKPRN 10083188
Formerly
Bradfield Dungworth Primary School

Where these figures come from