Primary school in Sheffield
Abbey Lane Primary School
Abbey Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 0BN
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 28 February 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 533
- Places
- 630
- How full
- 85% full — 533 of 630 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 256 / 277
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Sheffield 066D, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 43%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 15%
- Households owning their home
- 73%
- Households in social housing
- 18%
- Households with no car
- 23%
- Adults economically inactive
- 44%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- PEAK EDGE
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Tim Calcutt
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Ward
- Beauchief and Greenhill
- Constituency
- Sheffield Heeley
- URN
- 151409
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | 67% | 0.4 mi |
| Woodseats Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 60% | 0.5 mi |
| Mundella Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 0.7 mi |
| Holt House Infant SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | — | 0.9 mi |
| Greenhill Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 38% | 0.9 mi |
| Carter Knowle Junior SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 80% | 1 mi |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 77% | 1 mi |
| Meersbrook Bank Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 57% | 1.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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