School and Environment
Oughtibridge School is situated on the outskirts of Sheffield in the popular and
picturesque village of Oughtibridge. Originally a West Riding school, it serves the
neighbouring villages of Oughtibridge and Worrall. It occupies two adjacent buildings
to accommodate children of primary school age. The slightly older Coumes building was
built in the late 1960s to accommodate infant age children, when the Victorian schools
of Oughtibridge and Worrall merged. This building has recently been refurbished, to
create another classroom, a literacy resorce and tuition room and to provide an
attractive and stimulating double unit for our foundation stage children. The Don
building was completed in 1974 to accommodate children of junior school age. The school
is now part of the Sheffield Children and Young People’s Directorate.
The school occupies a large, attractive, semi-rural site on a hillside overlooking the village, affording panoramic views across the fields and woodlands of the Upper Don Valley.
The school has ten classrooms: the foundation unit and two infant classrooms are in
the Coumes building, and a further infant classroom and six junior classrooms are in the
Don Building. Each building has a hall, providing excellent facilities for a variety of
purposes, including assemblies, PE and performances. There is a computer suite in the
Don Building, used by all classes and each classromm has an interactive whiteboard.
There is also a practice room used for
individual and group lessons taught by peripatetic music teachers, who offer tuition in
a wide range of instruments. A library containing fiction and non-fiction books is
situated in this building. The school was recently awarded the Silver Artsmark, and both
buildings offer an attractive environment through a wide variety of displays of children’s
work and other stimulating material.
Oughtibridge School offers an excellent range of play areas, beginning with an outside safe play area with permanent adventure play equipment for our foundation stage children. The Coumes area also offers an attractive playground for the exclusive use of our children up to 7, marked out in ways to stimulate play ideas, and a secure adjacent playing field, close to the classrooms. A small and very attractive garden has recently been created for the children to see and to work in.
Children of 7 years and over have a large lower playground, and smaller upper playground, with other smaller play areas, as well as a very large playing field at the side of the building. Play areas are zoned and equipped to offer children a variety of play experiences. All of our play areas are situated in an exceptionally attractive setting with views across the valley to stimulate the children’s interest and imagination.
Oughtibridge benefits from the advantages of being only five miles from the centre of the City of Sheffield, the greenest city in England, while enjoying a semi-rural location at the very edge of the Peak District National Park. The school takes full advantage of opportunities to visit local places of interest, including the Peak District, Sheffield’s new Millennium Galleries and Winter Gardens, and is proud of its record of providing opportunities for all junior age children to participate in a residential visit every year.