When should a child begin to train, and why the old fear was wrong
Most parents think lifting weights is dangerous for children. Twenty years of paediatric consensus disagree, and the reason has more to do with the nervous system than with muscle.
Sheffield
Waterthorpe Infant School
Community school · ages 3–7 · 148 pupils
36% free school meals
Year 6 results
Reading, writing and maths
This school's pupils leave before Year 6, so it has no Year 6 results. Look up the junior school most of its pupils move on to.
Inspection
What Ofsted found
Good overall, report published 16/07/2024
Ofsted stopped giving a single overall grade in 2024 and moved to report cards in November 2025. Older grades and new report cards aren't directly comparable.