Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Sheffield
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 23 June 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 18 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry439 applications · 225 places offered · 193 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2025 2.2; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Sheffield median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; Sheffield median median 1.8
- 2022 1.8; Sheffield median median 1.6
- 2021 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.7
- 2020 2.0; Sheffield median median 1.8
- 2019 1.7; Sheffield median median 1.7
- 2018 1.7; Sheffield median median 1.7
- 2017 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.6
- 2016 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.6
- 2015 1.2; Sheffield median median 1.5
- 2014 1.2; Sheffield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Sheffield median
Dashed bars: as Newfield Secondary School (URN 107141), 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 | 225 | 439 | 2.0 | 193 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 214 | 478 | 2.2 | 267 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2024 | 220 | 393 | 1.8 | 224 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 215 | 412 | 1.9 | 224 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 216 | 385 | 1.8 | 243 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 211 | 337 | 1.6 | 206 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 212 | 413 | 2.0 | 248 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2019 | 220 | 375 | 1.7 | 220 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 209 | 346 | 1.7 | 197 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 210 | 319 | 1.5 | 195 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 209 | 292 | 1.4 | 176 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2015 | 210 | 256 | 1.2 | 160 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 * | 208 | 249 | 1.2 | 162 | 0.78 |
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.) | 196 | 52.8 | 61% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 200 | 47.9 | 41% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 197 | 44.6 | 38% | 59% | −0.19 |
| 2022/23 | 200 | 43.9 | 38% | 56% | −0.17 |
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
- Newfield Secondary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 52.8Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · SheffieldOutstanding20235.5applications per place 66.6Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · SheffieldGood20221.7applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Sheffield20262.1applications per place 51.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade202539.2Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · SheffieldGood20233.3applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · SheffieldRemains Good20221.7applications per place 37.4Attainment 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
- 140821 · 373/4008
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,048 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 May 2014
- Replaced
- Newfield Secondary School (URN 107141)
- Address
- Lees Hall Road, Sheffield, S8 9JP
- Local authority
- Sheffield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources