Dobcroft Junior School
Pingle Road, Sheffield, S7 2LN
This school is closed (it closed in June 2026).
It was replaced by Dobcroft Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Sexton (Mon-Thurs) and Sheree Doyle (Fridays)
- Constituency
- Sheffield Hallam
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 328
- Pupils on roll
- 374
- URN
- 107035
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Website
- School website
About this school
Dobcroft Junior School was a community primary school in Sheffield. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 374 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 96 | 96 | 96 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 84% | 80% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 16% | 22% |
| Expected standard in reading | 94% | 93% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | 94% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 95% | 93% | 91% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 111.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 110.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Dobcroft Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sheffield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 83% | 53.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 84% | 54% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 80% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 384 |
| 2023/24 | 380 |
| 2024/25 | 379 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dobcroft Junior School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 100% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 80% | 2.5% | 5% | 374 | — |
| Dobcroft Junior School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Dobcroft Nursery Infant School | — | — | — | 303 | 0.1 miles |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School | 77% | 3.5% | 5.7% | 297 | 0.2 miles |
| Clifford All Saints CofE Primary School | 65% | 3.7% | 11.4% | 136 | 0.8 miles |
| Holt House Infant School | — | 4.4% | 10.9% | 166 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report10 February 2026
- 3 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 5.01%
- English as an additional language
- 9.8%
- Overall absence
- 2.53%
- Persistent absence
- 2.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dobcroft Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Dobcroft Nursery Infant School0.1 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Clifford All Saints CofE Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Holt House Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · Sheffield
Other schools in Sheffield
- Abbey Lane Primary School Primary
- Abbeyfield Primary Academy Primary
- Acres Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Angram Bank Primary School Primary
- Anns Grove Primary School Primary
- Anston Brook Primary School Primary
- Anston Greenlands Primary School Primary
- Anston Hillcrest Primary School Primary
- Anston Park Infant School Primary
- Anston Park Junior School Primary
- Arbourthorne Community Primary School Primary
- Aston All Saints CofE (A) Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dobcroft Junior School teach?
- Dobcroft Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Sheffield.
- When was Dobcroft Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dobcroft Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Dobcroft Junior School?
- Dobcroft Junior School had 374 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Dobcroft Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 80% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Dobcroft Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dobcroft Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.