Abbey Lane Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Sheffield, S8 0BN
- Distance
- 0.6km away
St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Chancet Wood Drive, Sheffield, S8 7TR
Local ranking81st of 123 primary schools in Sheffield
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
211
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 67.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 89.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 27
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 229
- Boys
- 109 (48%)
- Girls
- 120 (52%)
- Capacity
- 211 (109% full)
- SEND
- 13.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 17.7%
- EAL
- 16.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.1%
- SEN Support
- 7.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,681/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 63.7%
- Black African: 12.1%
- White Other: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.6%
- Asian Other: 2.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.8%
63.7%
White British
12.1%
Black African
3.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Chancet Wood Drive
Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 138828
- UKPRN
- 10039031
- Establishment No.
- 3414
- Trust
- ST CLARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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