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Eckington School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,124Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 149825URN

Dronfield Road, Sheffield, S21 4GN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
close to Derbyshire median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Derbyshire

236 applications for 143 places · 29th of 45 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.1of 90
21st of 45 in Derbyshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 9 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • 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. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention

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
1.7applications per place, Year 7
close to Derbyshire median (1.7) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

236 applications · 143 places offered · 137 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  2. 2025 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  5. 2022 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.5; Derbyshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.3; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.4; Derbyshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Derbyshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median

Dashed bars: as Eckington School (URN 145521), Eckington School (URN 112943), 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 20261432361.71370.96
Sep 20251852741.51730.94
Sep 20241642471.51400.85
Sep 2023 *2132921.41690.79
Sep 2022 *2133391.61990.93
Sep 2021 *2423551.52090.86
Sep 2020 *2153281.51890.88
Sep 2019 *2753641.32240.81
Sep 2018 *2343301.42100.90
Sep 2017 *2173051.42080.96
Sep 2016 *2223061.42110.95
Sep 2015 *2103001.42030.97
Sep 2014 *2002901.51890.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

226 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.121st of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%20th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths62%
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.36
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22644.145%62%–
2024/2519840.634%53%–
2023/2422841.234%58%−0.36
2022/23–

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

  • 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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
149825 · 830/4016
Trust
Chorus Education Trust
Capacity
1,453 pupils · 1,124 on roll
Free school meals
33.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2023
Replaced
Eckington School (URN 145521); Eckington School (URN 112943)
Address
Dronfield Road, Sheffield, S21 4GN
Local authority
Derbyshire · North East Derbyshire

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