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Primary · S7 · Sheffield

Dobcroft Junior School

Pingle Road, Sheffield, S7 2LN

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INOVA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)Not published
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityPupil number not published (capacity 328)
PupilsNot published

Ofsted inspection

Latest Ofsted report card

Report card grades

Safeguarding
Met
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

Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.

Report published 22 Apr 2026.

Inspection history

  • Last overall gradeGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in S7. Where we have them, council (Sheffield) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
Not published
Free school meals
Not published

Also: Sheffield 33.8% · England 24.7%

SEN
Not published

Also: Sheffield 19.6% · England 18.2%

EAL
Not published
Attendance
Not published

Also: Sheffield 94.6% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the S7 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attainment
–

Admissions

Applications and offers

Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Pupil number not published (capacity 328)
Published capacity (GIAS)
328
Pupils on roll
Not published

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Sheffield page.

SEN support

SEN %
Not published

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Dobcroft Junior School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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