Sheffield Springs Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Sheffield City Council · offers on 3 March 2025
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sheffield Springs Academy is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2025 entry.
Sheffield Springs 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 168 first-choice applications for 237 offers, and 69 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2025, every Year 7 applicant was offered a place, as was the case at all 8 other Sheffield secondary schools with a published 2025 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the Attainment 8 score was 38.9 (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
- Hurlfield Road, Sheffield, S12 2SF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,083 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils experience a culture that stresses the importance of positive relationships.”
- “They recognise the recent improvements in the school.”
- “The school has high expectations for their behaviour.”
To improve
- “This is not currently reflected in recent outcomes in national tests.”
- “However, some pupils, particularly those with SEND, are not currently able to work independently without additional scaffolding or support.”
- “However, some pupils do not attend often enough, particularly those who are most disadvantaged.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 2024 (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) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.9 | 46 |
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: 168 first-preference applications, 237 offers in total, 168 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 Park Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newfield Secondary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints' Catholic High School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Outwood Academy City 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Birley Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- UTC Sheffield City Centre 1.9 mi Not judged
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meadowhead School Academy Trust 2.7 mi Good Last distance published