Sunnyvale Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S17 4FB
10 reasons to choose Totley Primary School
Top line
Totley Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Sheffield and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Totley Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 6 members of Mercia Learning Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2015) inspection.
Average class size
Totley Primary School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Totley Primary School ranks in the top 12% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 21% of schools. Most pupils go on to King Ecgbert School at the end of Year 6.
The Totley Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French, German. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips in Years 4 and 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for languages.
Sport at Totley Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Totley Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.15am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Totley Primary School
Mylnhurst Catholic Prep School & Nursery (3.5 miles); Birkdale Preparatory School (5.3 miles); Westbourne School, Sheffield, Junior School (5.3 miles).
Dore Primary School (1.5 miles); St Andrew’s Church of England Methodist Primary School, Dronfield (2.5 miles); St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School, Sheffield (3.2 miles).
Westbourne School, Sheffield (5.3 miles); Birkdale School (5.3 miles); Sheffield High School (5.4 miles).
King Ecgbert School (1.6 miles); Silverdale School (3.5 miles); Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School (3.7 miles).