Ballifield Primary School
Foundation school in Sheffield, S13 9HH, taking ages 3 to 11, 459 on roll.
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.81 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.
How this compares: every Sheffield school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 1.81 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
Ballifield Primary School: 1.81 miles, 2025/26 Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School: 1.4 miles, 2025/26, published by Sheffield
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Ballifield Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2025/26, from Sheffield. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Sheffield, published admission distances, 2025/26
Where Ballifield Primary School and Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School admitted from 1.4 miles in 2025/26, published by Sheffield. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1.81 and 1.4 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Ballifield Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handsworth Grange Community Sports College Both in reach | Secondary | 1.75 mi 2025/26 | 0.3 mi |
| Athelstan Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.66 mi 2025/26 | 0.8 mi |
| Sheffield Park Academy Both in reach | Secondary | 2.44 mi 2025/26 | 1.6 mi |
| Charnock Hall Primary Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.5 mi 2025/26 | 2.5 mi |
| Oasis Academy Don Valley Both in reach | Secondary | 0.83 mi 2025/26 | 2.8 mi |
| Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School Both in reach | Primary | 1.4 mi 2025/26 | 2.8 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 459 pupils in 420 places (109% full, over capacity) |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Good, inspected 19 May 2022. Ungraded inspection, May 2022: school remains Good |
| Meeting the expected standard | 59.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25) |
| Year | Meeting the expected standard |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 59.0% |
| 2023/24 | 57.0% |
| 2022/23 | 50.0% |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Ballifield Primary School
| Girls and boys | 48.4% girls, 51.6% boys |
| English as an additional language | 8.9% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 18.7% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Ballifield Primary School
Cheapest district inside the 1.81 miles: S12, median £180,000. Dearest: S13, £190,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| S12 | Sheffield | 1.8 mi | £180,000 151 sales |
| S13 | Sheffield | 0.3 mi | £190,000 123 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.81 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Ballifield Primary School by bus
Best-served stop: Handsworth Road/Handsworth Grange Road, 0.3 mi away, with 12.1 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 04:45, last 00:35 after midnight.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballifield Drive/Handsworth Grange Crescent | 0.2 mi | 5.6 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 52A, 30, 30A |
| Handsworth Grange Road/Handsworth Grange Drive | 0.2 mi | 5.6 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 52A, 30, 30A |
| Retford Road/Orgreave Lane | 0.3 mi | 9.3 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 52, 52A, 30, 30A |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Ballifield Primary School?
Ballifield Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 1.81 miles away, per Sheffield.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Ballifield Primary School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.81 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 109% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Ballifield Primary School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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