Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Sheffield
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry832 applications · 267 places offered · 337 named it first
- 2026 3.1; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2025 2.7; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2024 3.0; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2023 2.8; Sheffield median median 1.8
- 2022 2.9; Sheffield median median 1.6
- 2021 3.3; Sheffield median median 1.7
- 2020 3.1; Sheffield median median 1.8
- 2019 3.0; Sheffield median median 1.7
- 2018 3.1; Sheffield median median 1.7
- 2017 3.1; Sheffield median median 1.6
- 2016 3.1; Sheffield median median 1.6
- 2015 2.4; Sheffield median median 1.5
- 2014 2.8; Sheffield median median 1.8
- This school
- Sheffield 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 267 | 832 | 3.1 | 337 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2025 | 266 | 725 | 2.7 | 287 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2024 | 266 | 792 | 3.0 | 314 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2023 | 268 | 747 | 2.8 | 309 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2022 | 270 | 772 | 2.9 | 333 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2021 | 249 | 826 | 3.3 | 366 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2020 | 274 | 843 | 3.1 | 342 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2019 | 288 | 855 | 3.0 | 366 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 264 | 817 | 3.1 | 328 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2017 | 265 | 810 | 3.1 | 376 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2016 | 256 | 797 | 3.1 | 339 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2015 | 256 | 609 | 2.4 | 287 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2014 | 227 | 644 | 2.8 | 284 | 1.25 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 259 | 59.1 | 73% | 86% | – |
| 2024/25 | 269 | 58.0 | 68% | 84% | – |
| 2023/24 | 286 | 58.4 | 71% | 84% | +0.54 |
| 2022/23 | 263 | 56.6 | 67% | 80% | +0.71 |
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
- Tapton School & Sixth FormThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20243.1applications per place 59.1Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · SheffieldGood20222.3applications per place 58.8Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · SheffieldGood20233.3applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · SheffieldRemains Good20223.3applications per place 59.7Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · SheffieldGood20242.0applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · SheffieldGood20223.6applications per place 61.3Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · SheffieldOutstanding20235.5applications per place 66.6Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade202539.2Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · SheffieldGood20221.5applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138069 · 373/4234
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,568 pupils · 1,747 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2012
- Replaced
- Tapton School (URN 107131)
- Address
- Darwin Lane, Sheffield, S10 5RG
- Local authority
- Sheffield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources