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Aston Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,366Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136718URN

Aughton Road, Swallownest, Sheffield, S26 4SF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.6 above Rotherham median (1.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Rotherham

430 applications for 210 places · 5th of 16 in Rotherham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.3of 90
8th of 16 in Rotherham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 29 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 5 December 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Rotherham median (1.5) close to England median (2.2)

430 applications · 210 places offered · 199 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Rotherham median median 1.5
  2. 2025 1.7; Rotherham median median 1.4
  3. 2024 1.8; Rotherham median median 1.3
  4. 2023 1.7; Rotherham median median 1.3
  5. 2022 1.6; Rotherham median median 1.2
  6. 2021 1.6; Rotherham median median 1.3
  7. 2020 1.5; Rotherham median median 1.4
  8. 2019 1.5; Rotherham median median 1.3
  9. 2018 1.6; Rotherham median median 1.3
  10. 2017 1.6; Rotherham median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.6; Rotherham median median 1.4
  12. 2015 1.7; Rotherham median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.9; Rotherham median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Rotherham median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Rotherham median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262104302.11990.95
Sep 20252444131.72160.89
Sep 20242614621.82390.92
Sep 20232894761.72490.86
Sep 20222934741.62580.88
Sep 20212974631.62780.94
Sep 20202934521.52570.88
Sep 20193184881.52940.92
Sep 20182814501.62690.96
Sep 20172954741.62880.98
Sep 20163094881.63131.01
Sep 20152935011.73121.06
Sep 20142755201.93051.11

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

263 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.38th of 16 in Rotherham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%7th of 16 in Rotherham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Rotherham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.29
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26345.342%72%–
2024/2527644.245%63%–
2023/2429444.150%65%−0.29
2022/2326343.946%72%−0.36

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136718 · 372/4021
Trust
Aston Community Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,800 pupils · 1,366 on roll
Free school meals
22.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 May 2011
Replaced
Aston Comprehensive School (URN 106957)
Address
Aughton Road, Swallownest, Sheffield, S26 4SF
Local authority
Rotherham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources