Dobcroft Junior School
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Ofsted report card, February 2026
- Results
- 80% expected standard; 22% higher standard
- Run by
- Inova Multi-academy Trust Limited
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11 · Mixed
- Expected standard: 80%, against 59% in Sheffield.
- Higher standard: 22%, against 7% in Sheffield.
- We hold no offer-day distances for this school: ask the council how far places went.
At a glance
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SourceWhere these figures come from
How it is worked outSheffield and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
We hold no offer-day distances for this school yet. Enter your postcode to see how far it is from your home.
Offers
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Year 3. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Results
Quality
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SourceOfsted · inspected 10 February 2026
DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
- Ofsted report card (Achievement: Strong standard; Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met)
- Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 80% (England 62%) (county 59%)
- Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 22% (England 8%) (county 7%)
Results
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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths: expected standard | 80% | 62% | 59% | 2024/2025 |
| Reading, writing and maths: higher standard | 22% | 8% | 7% | 2024/2025 |
League table place
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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| Primary (key stage 2) | Top 10% (11/117) |
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 204 m
- 3 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 1 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 8.6 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.9 (1 km square, background level)
- Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).
Stops nearby
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.
- A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 204 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 1 serious and 0 fatal in all; 1 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 8.6 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 10.2 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 6.9 | 2024 |
Ofsted
Inspections
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SourceOfsted, 2026.
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 10 February 2026 | Report card | 7 areas graded |
| 3 November 2021 | Graded inspection | Good |
Admissions
Getting in
- We hold a catchment map for this school.
- We can't tell how far Year 3 places reached: we hold no offer-day figures for this school. Ask the council or the school for the last distance offered.
Feeder school rules
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SourceThe admission arrangements the school or council published.
How it is worked outQuoted word for word from those arrangements.
- Check the quote against the school's own current admission policy before you rely on it: rules change each year.
Priority at secondary schools
Who runs it
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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined July 2026
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 May 2026
- Inova Multi-academy Trust Limited, with 10 schools
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 July 2026
- Replaced Dobcroft Junior School (URN 107035)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Fees and clubs
State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.
Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →Nearby
Schools nearby
Dobcroft Nursery Infant School0.1 miSt Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School0.2 miClifford All Saints CofE Primary School0.8 miHolt House Infant School0.8 miCompare side by side →Nurseries nearby
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SourceOfsted early years register.
Sources
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Sheffield and the Sheffield league table.
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