Sheffield Park Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.034 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sheffield Park Academy is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 December 2022. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Sheffield Park Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.034 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 1.034 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 14 Sheffield secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.89 miles).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025, and it swung sharply between some years, the biggest move being from 2025 to 2026.
- For Year 7 2026, there were 208 first-choice applications for 238 offers; 204 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (2%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 24% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 35.1 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sheffield schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Beaumont Road North, Sheffield, S2 1SN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,185 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 56.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 December 2022
Strengths
- “This is a school where staff care for pupils and are determined that they will succeed.”
- “Leaders are ambitious for all pupils to achieve highly.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers do not ensure that pupils use this advice about how to improve their knowledge well enough.”
- “As a result, pupils do not always complete the tasks that teachers set them.”
- “However, there is some difference in the effectiveness of staff in supporting the specific needs of pupils with SEND.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 24% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 208 first-preference applications, 238 offers in total, 204 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sheffield.
- Sheffield Springs Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Outwood Academy City 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park 1.6 mi Standards maintained
- All Saints' Catholic High School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- UTC Sheffield City Centre 2.1 mi Not judged
- The Birley Academy 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fir Vale Academy 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published