Dobcroft Nursery Infant School
Dobcroft Nursery Infant School is a converter academy in Sheffield for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 303 pupils, 33 more than it has places for. About 4 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2021.
Pingle Road, Sheffield, S7 2LN0114 236 8099dobcroft-inf.sheffield.sch.ukMrs Zoe Singh headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 1 December 2021, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
This inspection is more than 4 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference.
The last child to get a place lived 0.7 miles away in 2026, 1.7 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 2026. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 0.7 miles from the school. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.
| Entry | Places | Got a place | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 90 | 90 | 0.7 miles | LA |
| 2024 Primary | 90 | 90 | 1.7 miles | LA |
The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.
What a home within 1.2 miles of the school costs
Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), 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 the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (10), emotional and mental health (7), Specific learning difficulty (6), Autistic spectrum disorder (4).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 97.3% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 2.7% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 2.0% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 1.2% | 2.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 1.6% | 4.4% | 5.5% | 5.0% | 0.6% | 2.1% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Dobcroft Infant School, the school this one replaced in February 2025. 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.
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.
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
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.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dobcroft Junior School | Academy | 120 m | – | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 280 m | 297 | Good 2022 | 74 | Compare |
| Clifford All Saints CofE Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 136 | Requires improvement 2021 | 44 | Compare |
| Holt House Infant School | Council | 0.8 miles | 166 | Good 2022 | 52 | Compare |
| Carter Knowle Junior School | Council | 0.8 miles | 239 | Good 2019 | 89 | Compare |
| Ecclesall Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 619 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Greystones Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | – | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Abbey Lane Primary School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 533 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Dobcroft Nursery Infant School a good school?
Dobcroft Nursery Infant School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in December 2021.
What is Dobcroft Nursery Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Dobcroft Nursery Infant School good at its last full inspection on 1 December 2021. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.
How many pupils does Dobcroft Nursery Infant School have?
303 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 270 places, so it is 112% full.
Is Dobcroft Nursery Infant School oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 0.7 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 Dobcroft Nursery Infant School?
Pupils were in school 97.3% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 2% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Dobcroft Nursery Infant School?
The average class had 30.3 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 10% of classes 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
- Pingle Road, Sheffield, S7 2LN
- Telephone
- 0114 236 8099
- Website
- www.dobcroft-inf.sheffield.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe Singh
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Peak Edge (15 schools)
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Ward
- Ecclesall
- Constituency
- Sheffield Hallam
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 February 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151410 · LAESTAB 3732283 · UKPRN 10096778
- Formerly
- Dobcroft Infant School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Sheffield council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2024, 2026.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.