E-Act Parkwood 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 🔒
E-Act Parkwood Academy is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 March 2023. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2025 entry.
E-Act Parkwood 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 entry in 2025 every applicant was offered a place, as at all 8 other Sheffield secondary schools with a published Year 7 2025 outcome.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 157 first-choice applications for 179 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer and the 8th lowest of 24 Sheffield secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026 entry every first-choice family was offered a place, and 22 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 27% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 36.5 (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
- Longley Avenue West, Sheffield, S5 8UL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 886 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 March 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders know this school well.”
- “Leaders are committed to making it a place where pupils get the best possible experiences.”
- “Teachers work hard alongside the pupils and encourage them to do their best.”
To improve
- “Some do not always remember things they have learned from previous lessons.”
- “In the past, pupils have not always remembered important knowledge in humanities subjects.”
- “Some methods are more effective at developing pupils’ learning than others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 May 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) | 27% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.5 | 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: 157 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 157 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.
- Mercia Northridge School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Yewlands Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fir Vale Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Forge Valley School & Sixth Form 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift Firth Park 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King Edward VII School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park 2.7 mi Standards maintained
- UTC Sheffield City Centre 2.7 mi Not judged