Birley Primary Academy

State-Funded School

birley-primary-academy-sheffield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

SheffieldLocal Authority

Sheffield South EastConstituency

S12 3ABPostcode

1.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Birley Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 525 pupils. Birley Primary Academy is part of L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 46%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

525

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 525
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
10 Jun 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.