Graded inspection · May 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry541 applications · 268 places offered · 274 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.0; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; Sheffield median median 1.8
- 2022 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.6
- 2021 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.7
- 2020 1.6; 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 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.6
- 2015 1.3; Sheffield median median 1.5
- 2014 1.3; Sheffield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Sheffield median
Dashed bars: as Forge Valley Community School (URN 135503), the previous school.
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 | 268 | 541 | 2.0 | 274 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 239 | 503 | 2.1 | 278 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2024 | 269 | 498 | 1.9 | 284 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2023 | 256 | 494 | 1.9 | 321 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2022 | 254 | 397 | 1.6 | 233 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 | 242 | 388 | 1.6 | 250 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 | 254 | 408 | 1.6 | 249 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 239 | 402 | 1.7 | 253 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 240 | 381 | 1.6 | 221 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 240 | 323 | 1.4 | 224 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 232 | 316 | 1.4 | 183 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2015 | 237 | 296 | 1.3 | 185 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 * | 210 | 281 | 1.3 | 178 | 0.85 |
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.) | 248 | 46.4 | 48% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 256 | 46.6 | 55% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 233 | 47.4 | 47% | 69% | −0.18 |
| 2022/23 | 236 | 48.2 | 54% | 72% | −0.12 |
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
- Forge Valley School & Sixth FormThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.0applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade20243.1applications per place 59.1Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · SheffieldRemains Good20231.5applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · SheffieldGood20222.3applications per place 58.8Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · SheffieldGood20233.3applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · SheffieldGood20221.5applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade2025
- 4.3 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade202539.2Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140547 · 373/4007
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,350 pupils · 1,494 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- Forge Valley Community School (URN 135503)
- Address
- Wood Lane, Sheffield, S6 5HG
- Local authority
- Sheffield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources