Brightside Nursery Infant School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Sheffield
Jenkin Road, Sheffield, S9 1AS
–
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 11/06/2024
Application demand
98%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.4%
14.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
206
Capacity used
Over capacity114%
180 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
98%
1st preference success rate
59 of 60 families who put it first got an offer
60
Places offered
94
Total applications
1.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 60 | 59 | ● 98% |
| 2nd preference | 19 | 1 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 15 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 94 | 60 | 64% |
1st preference success by year
Sheffield lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Louisa Frost
- Address
- Jenkin Road, Sheffield, S9 1AS
- Phone
- 01142441826
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Ward / constituency
- Shiregreen and Brightside · Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 106987
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 36% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 60% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
206 pupils · 180 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
11 June 2024
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessEarly years Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 120 pupils
Attendance
94.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
14.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
Loading prices…
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.