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Academy sponsor led · Sheffield

Westfield School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,366Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 145562URN

Eckington Road, Sothall, Sheffield, S20 1HQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.4 below Sheffield median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Sheffield

392 applications for 270 places · 23rd of 27 in Sheffield
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.2of 90
26th of 29 in Sheffield
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 22 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 6 Needs attention
  2. 19 April 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
1.5applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Sheffield median (1.9) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

392 applications · 270 places offered · 284 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Sheffield median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Sheffield median

Dashed bars: as Westfield School (URN 107135), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262703921.52841.05
Sep 20252974221.42850.96
Sep 20242684241.63061.14
Sep 20232674181.62871.07
Sep 20222634061.52881.10
Sep 20212553721.52530.99
Sep 20202403561.52501.04
Sep 20192634211.62791.06
Sep 2018 *2333601.62300.99
Sep 2017 *2443591.52190.90
Sep 2016 *2313301.42210.96
Sep 2015 *2684201.62741.02
Sep 2014 *2473611.52390.97

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

265 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.226th of 29 in Sheffield
Grade 5 or above in English and maths33%25th of 29 in Sheffield
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%
  • This school
  • Sheffield median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.21
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26537.233%53%–
2024/2523941.538%57%–
2023/2424943.947%67%−0.21
2022/2322340.335%57%−0.34

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145562 · 373/4013
Trust
Chorus Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,350 pupils · 1,366 on roll
Free school meals
29.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2018
Replaced
Westfield School (URN 107135)
Address
Eckington Road, Sothall, Sheffield, S20 1HQ
Local authority
Sheffield

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