Arbourthorne Community Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D43
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Sheffield, S2 2GQ
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Bankwood Primary School
Bankwood Close, Sheffield, S14 1LW
Local ranking101st of 120 primary schools in Sheffield
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
504
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 9 June 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Bankwood Community Primary School (URN 107066) since 1 April 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 54.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 59.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 59.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 435
- Boys
- 222 (50%)
- Girls
- 220 (50%)
- Capacity
- 504 (88% full)
- SEND
- 24.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 70.9%
- EAL
- 38.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 21.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,241/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- 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: 41.0%
- Black African: 25.4%
- White Other: 6.2%
- Asian Other: 5.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.5%
- Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.0%
41.0%
White British
25.4%
Black African
6.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Bankwood Close
Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 149575
- UKPRN
- 10091870
- Establishment No.
- 2052
- Trust
- STEEL CITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP
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