Meadowhead School Academy Trust
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.543 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Meadowhead School Academy Trust is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2022. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Meadowhead School Academy Trust 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 | 1.543 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
- Year 7's 2026 last distance offered, 1.543 miles, was 7th shortest of 14 Sheffield secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance; their middle figure was 1.89 miles.
- The Year 7 last distance has swung sharply between some years; the biggest move came from 2025 to 2026, when it moved nearer the school.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 345 first-choice applications for 339 offers; 315 offers went to first-choice families, and 30 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 41% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sheffield.
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
- Dyche Lane, Sheffield, S8 8BR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 2,006 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2022
Strengths
- “Meadowhead School Academy is an inclusive and welcoming school, with a popular sixth form.”
- “They care about each other and treat each other with respect.”
- “They respect the differences between people.”
To improve
- “However, leaders know that there is some more work to do to ensure that this level of curriculum detail is consistent across every subject.”
- “At times, teachers are less consistently clear about what essential knowledge pupils must know and this stops pupils from deepening their knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 2022 (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) | 41% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | 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: 345 first-preference applications, 339 offers in total, 315 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.
- Newfield Secondary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mercia School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sheffield Springs Academy 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King Ecgbert School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Birley Academy 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Silverdale School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- High Storrs School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints' Catholic High School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade