Join us as we take a wander down memory lane to see how teachers, children and schools across the city looked during the course of the decade.
These pictures capture school children as they proudly display their conkers, bury time capsules and take part in Comic Relief celebrations.
From school PE sessions to classroom lessons, Royal visits, Maypole dances and even an early photo of Pulp founder Jarvis Cocker – here are 31 nostalgic photos that give an insight into what school was like back then.
These pictures also show what the classrooms and school buildings looked like back in the 1980s – Some of these schools featured are no longer open today.
Do these nostalgic images bring back any memories of your schooldays, and can you spot yourself or anyone else you recognise?
What is your most memorable moment of attending school in the 1980s? Answers on a postcard or an email.
10. Lost school
Huntsman's Gardens School, at the junction of Britnall Street and Titterton Street, Attercliffe, Sheffield, being demolished in February 1981 | Ann Jones/Picture Sheffield
11. Time for lunch
Marti Caine was invited for lunch at Lowedges Junior School, Sheffield, by Tina Wild (left), May 28, 1982
12. Sports day
This was the sort of thing you could expect at your school sports day at a Sheffield primary school. This picture shows the Carfield Junior School pancake race team - pictured during the sports day between Carfield and Heeley Bank Junior Schools - left to right, Joanne White, Denise Condon, Sarah Kriel, Russell Davies, Paul Musleh, and Martin Bell, in February 1982