About Us

Sheffield Children's University is managed by Sheffield City Council Children and Young People's Service and has been affiliated to the national Children's University since 2004. It started as a pilot project in 2004 with ten schools comprising a small Education Action Zone called ‘Together We Can’. The Education Action Zone has come to an end but the same schools have continued to develop their CU activities as part of their Study Support / Extended Schools provision.

Schools currently involved in Children's University are:

Abbeydale Grange
Abbeydale Primary School
Aldine House
Angram Bank Primary School
Anns Grove Primary School
Arbourthorne Primary School
Beck Primary School
Bradway Primary School
Chaucer Business and Enterprise College
City School
Concord Junior School
Dobcroft Junior School
Dore Primary School
Ecclesall Infant School
Firth Park Community Arts College
Fox Hill Primary School
Grenoside Primary School
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College
Hartley Brook Primary School
Hatfield Primary School
Heritage Park Community School
Hinde House Primary Phase
Hinde House Secondary Phase
Holt House Infant School
Hucklow Primary School
KS3 Inclusion Service
Limpsfield Junior School
Lound Junior School
Mansel Primary School
Meynell Primary School
Monteney Primary School
Mundella Primary School
Netherthorpe Primary School
Oughtibridge Primary School
Parson Cross C of E Primary School
Porter Croft CE Primary School
Reignhead Primary School
The Rowan School
St Josephs Catholic Primary School
St Theresa's Catholic Primary School
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School
Sheffield Notschool
Shortbrook Primary School
Southey Green Primary School
Stradbroke Primary School
Walkley Primary School
Watercliffe Meadow Primary School
Wharncliffe Side Primary School
Wincobank Nursery and Infant School
Wisewood Primary School
Wisewood Secondary School
Woodhouse West Primary School
Woodthorpe Primary School
Wybourn Community Primary School
Yewlands Technology College

How is Sheffield Children's University organised?

School Centres - Schools organise and promote activites under their own centre name e.g. 'My School Children's University'.

Children's University Project Officer - Katie Hamshaw

Children's University Development Consultant - Penny Rea

Sheffield Children's University Development Group

National Children's University

National Children's University is based at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, is responsible for strategic planning; resource procurement at national level; registration, certification and quality assurance; and support of local leadership. It provides networking facilities, conferences and website access for the exchange of ideas and materials. Evaluation of the Children's University across the UK is being undertaken in partnership with the Leadership for Learning: The Cambridge Network, led by Professor John MacBeath.

The CU Trust is a registered charity and a complany limited by guarantee. The Children's University is a registered trademark owned by the CU Trust.