Halfway Junior School
Halfway Centre, Halfway, Sheffield, S20 4TA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of School
- Mrs D Shepherd
- Federation
- Halfway Nursery Infant and Junior School Federation
- Constituency
- Sheffield South East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 224
- Pupils on roll
- 200
- URN
- 107046
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01142482629
About this school
Halfway Junior School is a community primary school in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 200 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
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
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected 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 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 44% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 4% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 60% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 67% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 40% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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 Halfway 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 | 66% | 53.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 54% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 205 |
| 2023/24 | 186 |
| 2024/25 | 194 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Halfway Junior School compares
Halfway Junior School ranked 30th of 110 primary schools in Sheffield for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 4.4% | 30.9% | 200 | — |
| Halfway Nursery Infant School | — | 5.6% | 23.6% | 197 | 0.3 miles |
| Shortbrook Primary School | 90% | 6.3% | 67.1% | 131 | 0.5 miles |
| Mosborough Primary School | 69% | 5% | 13.6% | 417 | 0.6 miles |
| Camms CofE (Aided) Primary School | 47% | 3.6% | 34.5% | 215 | 0.8 miles |
| Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior School | 59% | 5.6% | 42% | 159 | 0.9 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 report17 March 2026
- 23 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.93%
- English as an additional language
- 7.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.43%
- Persistent absence
- 10.05%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Halfway Nursery Infant School0.3 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Shortbrook Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Mosborough Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Camms CofE (Aided) Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Chesterfield
-
Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Sheffield
Other schools in Sheffield
Halfway Junior School ranks 43rd of the 139 ranked primary 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 Halfway Junior School teach?
- Halfway Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Sheffield.
- Who is the head of school of Halfway Junior School?
- The head of school of Halfway Junior School is Mrs D Shepherd, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Halfway Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Halfway 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 Halfway Junior School?
- Halfway Junior School has 200 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Halfway Junior School full?
- Halfway Junior School has capacity for 224 pupils and 200 on roll (89%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Halfway Junior School a faith school?
- No. Halfway Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Halfway Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Halfway Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Halfway Junior School?
- Halfway Junior School is part of the Halfway Nursery Infant and Junior School Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Halfway Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Halfway Junior School rank locally?
- Halfway Junior School ranked 30th of 110 primary schools in Sheffield for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Halfway Junior School's absence rate?
- Halfway Junior School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Halfway Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Halfway 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 15 July 2026.