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Astrea Academy Sheffield

  • 2–18Ages
  • 1,070Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145864URN

Andover Street, Sheffield, S3 9BE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
0.4 below Sheffield median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Sheffield

240 applications for 165 places · 23rd of 27 in Sheffield
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.9of 90
11th of 29 in Sheffield

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 30 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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)

240 applications · 165 places offered · 184 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.3; Sheffield median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.2; Sheffield median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.2; Sheffield median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.3; Sheffield median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.2; Sheffield median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Sheffield median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Sheffield median

Reception entry, September 2026: 1.6 per place (34 applications for 22 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 20261652401.51841.12
Sep 20251702451.41841.08
Sep 20241672171.31440.86
Sep 20231561791.21350.87
Sep 20221581891.21350.85
Sep 20211562091.31561.00
Sep 20201492351.61701.14
Sep 20191491851.21330.89

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

143 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.911th of 29 in Sheffield
Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%11th of 29 in Sheffield
Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%
  • This school
  • Sheffield median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.01
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14346.950%66%–
2024/2513545.447%69%–
2023/2414242.337%63%+0.01
2022/2313944.540%62%−0.02

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
Free schools
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
145864 · 373/4014
Trust
Astrea Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,095 pupils · 1,070 on roll
Free school meals
57.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2018
Address
Andover Street, Sheffield, S3 9BE
Local authority
Sheffield

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