Dinnington Community Primary School
School Street, Dinnington, Sheffield, S25 2RE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WHITE WOODS PRIMARY ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Evans
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- White Woods Primary Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Rother Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 184
- URN
- 141771
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01909550034
About this school
Dinnington Community Primary School is a primary academy in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 184 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 25 | 36 | 24 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 28% | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 52% | 53% | 38% |
| Expected standard in maths | 44% | 44% | 42% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 44% | 33% | 33% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 100.0 | 97.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 98.0 | 96.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
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 Dinnington Community Primary 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 | Rotherham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44% | 51.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 28% | 55.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 33% | 55.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 186 |
| 2023/24 | 181 |
| 2024/25 | 185 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dinnington Community Primary School compares
Dinnington Community Primary School ranked 78th of 84 primary schools in Rotherham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33% | 7.8% | 63.1% | 184 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 11% | 7.6% | 34.8% | 141 | 0.3 miles |
| Anston Greenlands Primary School | 61% | 4.1% | 7.4% | 211 | 0.9 miles |
| Anston Park Infant School | — | 5.4% | 20.3% | 155 | 0.9 miles |
| Anston Park Junior School | — | 5.6% | — | 206 | 0.9 miles |
| Laughton Junior and Infant School | 53% | 4.2% | 11.5% | 188 | 1.0 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 63.07%
- English as an additional language
- 5.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.79%
- Persistent absence
- 24.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Anston Greenlands Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Anston Park Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Anston Park Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Laughton Junior and Infant School1.0 miles
Primary · Sheffield
Other schools in Sheffield
Dinnington Community Primary School ranks 132nd 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 Dinnington Community Primary School teach?
- Dinnington Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Sheffield.
- Who is the headteacher of Dinnington Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Dinnington Community Primary School is Mrs Joanne Evans, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dinnington Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dinnington Community Primary 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 Dinnington Community Primary School?
- Dinnington Community Primary School has 184 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Dinnington Community Primary School full?
- Dinnington Community Primary School has capacity for 270 pupils and 184 on roll (68%), 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 Dinnington Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Dinnington Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Dinnington Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Dinnington Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Dinnington Community Primary School?
- Dinnington Community Primary School is part of WHITE WOODS PRIMARY ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Dinnington Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 44% in 2022/23 and 33% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dinnington Community Primary School rank locally?
- Dinnington Community Primary School ranked 78th of 84 primary schools in Rotherham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Dinnington Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Dinnington Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dinnington Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dinnington Community Primary 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 1 July 2026.