Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
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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 entry- 2026 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2025 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2024 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2023 1.1; Sheffield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 1.2; Sheffield median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2021 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2018 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Sheffield median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Sheffield median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Sheffield median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Sheffield median
Dashed bars: as Chaucer School (URN 138414), the previous school.
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 * | 158 | 233 | 1.5 | 122 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2025 * | 126 | 196 | 1.6 | 95 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 * | 139 | 216 | 1.6 | 114 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2023 * | 170 | 193 | 1.1 | 113 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2022 * | 177 | 219 | 1.2 | 129 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2021 * | 161 | 252 | 1.6 | 154 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 * | 179 | 267 | 1.5 | 141 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2019 * | 180 | 253 | 1.4 | 145 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 * | 179 | 268 | 1.5 | 174 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 172 | 260 | 1.5 | 162 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 * | 209 | 320 | 1.5 | 199 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 * | 185 | 266 | 1.4 | 156 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2014 * | 149 | 232 | 1.6 | 140 | 0.94 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Mercia Northridge SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade2025
- 0.9 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · SheffieldRemains Good20231.5applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 36.7Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · SheffieldGood20221.7applications per place 45.3Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · SheffieldGraded · no overall grade20251.0applications per place 23.7Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Sheffield20261.9applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · SheffieldGood20242.0applications per place 46.4Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · SheffieldGood20221.5applications per place 46.9Attainment 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
- 152560 · 373/4019
- Capacity
- 900 pupils
- Opened
- 1 September 2026
- Replaced
- Chaucer School (URN 138414)
- Address
- Wordsworth Avenue, South Yorkshire, Sheffield, S5 8NH
- Local authority
- Sheffield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources