Sheffield retro: 16 adorable photos show children on their first day at school in the 1990s

By Alastair Ulke

Senior Reporter

Published 26th Aug 2024, 07:02 BST

Updated 26th Aug 2024, 13:13 BST

That scary time in September when parents have to send their little ones off to ‘Big School’ for the first time is right around the corner.

As children across the city get ready to start school for the very first time, we have dug through our archives to bring you these photographs of reception classes across the region in the 1990s.

Faces from Watermead Infants, Greengate Primary, Hartley Brook Primary and Hunter’s Bar Primary are just some of the schools featured in this retro photo gallery.

Can you recognise yourself, your child, or anyone you know?

Enjoying their first days at school are these pupils at Watermead Infants School, Sheffield, September 1998

1. Watermead

Enjoying their first days at school are these pupils at Watermead Infants School, Sheffield, September 1998 Photo: Geoff Tyrer

A reception class at Greengate Primary School, High Green, Sheffield, September 18, 1998

2. Reception

A reception class at Greengate Primary School, High Green, Sheffield, September 18, 1998 Photo: Geoff Tyrer

Miss Treece pictured with her new reception class at Hartley Brook Primary School, Sheffield, September 19, 1997

3. Miss Treece

Miss Treece pictured with her new reception class at Hartley Brook Primary School, Sheffield, September 19, 1997 Photo: Steve Parkin

Young artists on their first day at Hunter's Bar Primary School in September 1996

4. First day

Young artists on their first day at Hunter's Bar Primary School in September 1996 Photo: Paul Chappells

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