Academy sponsor led · Sheffield

Lift Firth Park

11–16Ages
1,115Pupils
SecondaryPhase
139334URN

Fircroft Avenue, Sheffield, S5 0SD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

0.2 below Sheffield median (1.9)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Sheffield

279 applications for 173 places · 20th of 27 in Sheffield

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

36.7of 90

Sheffield 43.9 England 46.0

27th of 29 in Sheffield

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 17 June 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education			Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes			Requires improvement
Personal development			Requires improvement
Leadership and management			Requires improvement

Inspection history

17 June 2025
Graded inspection, no overall grade
24 April 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

1.6applications per place, Year 7

0.2 below Sheffield median (1.9) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

279 applications · 173 places offered · 137 named it first

2026 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.9
2025 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.9
2024 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.9
2023 1.3; Sheffield median median 1.8
2022 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.6
2021 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.7
2020 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.8
2019 1.7; Sheffield median median 1.7
2018 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.7
2017 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.6
2016 1.3; Sheffield median median 1.6
2015 1.2; Sheffield median median 1.5
2014 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.8

More applications per place than the Sheffield median in 1 of 13 years.

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	173	279	1.6	137	0.79
Sep 2025	239	351	1.5	158	0.66
Sep 2024	237	373	1.6	202	0.85
Sep 2023	262	340	1.3	208	0.79
Sep 2022	248	371	1.5	241	0.97
Sep 2021	236	340	1.4	210	0.89
Sep 2020	252	389	1.5	210	0.83
Sep 2019	232	401	1.7	211	0.91
Sep 2018	227	373	1.6	192	0.85
Sep 2017	270	373	1.4	159	0.59
Sep 2016	271	354	1.3	136	0.50
Sep 2015	270	315	1.2	127	0.47
Sep 2014	210	317	1.5	144	0.69

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

221 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.727th of 29 in Sheffield

Sheffield 43.9 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths35%22nd of 29 in Sheffield

Sheffield 43% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths52%

Sheffield 61% England 66%

This school
Sheffield median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.45

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	221	36.7	35%	52%	–
2024/25	224	32.7	25%	45%	–
2023/24	220	36.9	35%	56%	−0.45
2022/23	208	38.8	34%	60%	−0.23

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

Lift Firth ParkThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.6applications per place 36.7Attainment 8
Hinde House 2-16 Academy
1.0 km · Sheffield

2026

1.9applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
Fir Vale Academy
2.1 km · Sheffield

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.0applications per place 23.7Attainment 8
Mercia Northridge School
2.8 km · Sheffield

Graded · no overall grade2025
Yewlands Academy
3.0 km · Sheffield

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.7applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
E-Act Parkwood Academy
3.0 km · Sheffield

Remains Good2023

1.5applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
Ecclesfield School
3.3 km · Sheffield

Good2022

1.7applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
Winterhill School
3.3 km · Rotherham

Remains Good2023

1.5applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park
3.5 km · Sheffield

Standards maintained2024

41.4Attainment 8

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 sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 139334 · 373/4003
Trust: Lift Schools
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,350 pupils · 1,115 on roll
Free school meals: 55.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 August 2013
Replaced: Firth Park Community Arts College (URN 107138)
Address: Fircroft Avenue, Sheffield, S5 0SD
Local authority: Sheffield

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