Anston Brook Primary School
Ryton Road, North Anston, Sheffield, S25 4DN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WHITE WOODS PRIMARY ACADEMY TRUST
- Pa To Ceo of Wwpat
- Miss Sally Armstrong
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- White Woods Primary Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Rother Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 160
- URN
- 144325
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01909550599
About this school
Anston Brook Primary School is a primary academy in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 160 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
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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- 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 | 23 | 24 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 39% | 50% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 13% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% | 63% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 63% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 63% | 45% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 104.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.50 | - | - |
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 Anston Brook 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 | 39% | 51.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 55.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 41% | 55.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 184 |
| 2023/24 | 164 |
| 2024/25 | 145 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Anston Brook Primary School compares
Anston Brook Primary School ranked 74th of 84 primary schools in Rotherham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41% | 5.5% | 23.6% | 160 | — |
| Anston Hillcrest Primary School | 63% | 4% | 9.9% | 237 | 0.5 miles |
| Anston Park Junior School | — | 5.6% | — | 206 | 0.7 miles |
| Anston Park Infant School | — | 5.4% | 20.3% | 155 | 0.7 miles |
| Anston Greenlands Primary School | 61% | 4.1% | 7.4% | 211 | 0.7 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 11% | 7.6% | 34.8% | 141 | 1.2 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 report24 February 2026
- 21 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.57%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.46%
- Persistent absence
- 15.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Anston Hillcrest Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Anston Park Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Anston Park Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
Anston Greenlands Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Sheffield
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Sheffield
Other schools in Sheffield
Anston Brook Primary School ranks 117th 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 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
- Aston Fence Junior and Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Anston Brook Primary School teach?
- Anston Brook Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Sheffield.
- Who is the pa to ceo of wwpat of Anston Brook Primary School?
- The pa to ceo of wwpat of Anston Brook Primary School is Miss Sally Armstrong, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Anston Brook Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Anston Brook 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 Anston Brook Primary School?
- Anston Brook Primary School has 160 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Anston Brook Primary School full?
- Anston Brook Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 160 on roll (76%), 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 Anston Brook Primary School a faith school?
- No. Anston Brook Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Anston Brook Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Anston Brook Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Anston Brook Primary School?
- Anston Brook 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 Anston Brook Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 39% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Anston Brook Primary School rank locally?
- Anston Brook Primary School ranked 74th of 84 primary schools in Rotherham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Anston Brook Primary School's absence rate?
- Anston Brook Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Anston Brook Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Anston Brook 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 10 July 2026.