Outwood Academy City
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 🔒
Outwood Academy City is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2025 entry.
Outwood Academy City 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
- The share of pupils eligible for free school meals is 44.2%, against a middle figure of 35.7% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sheffield.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 191 first-choice applications for 237 offers, 0.8 per offer, the 4th lowest of 24 Sheffield secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 2026 place, and 46 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 40% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th highest 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
- Stradbroke Road, Sheffield, S13 8SS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,138 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “As a result of high-quality pastoral care, pupils at Outwood Academy City are safe and well cared for.”
- “Staff know the school and local community very well.”
- “The school makes decisions that are in the best interests of its pupils.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not meet the school’s high expectations.”
- “For some, this results in being removed from lessons or suspension from school.”
- “There is some variation in how effectively the curriculum is delivered.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 2025 (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) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.4 | 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: 191 first-preference applications, 237 offers in total, 191 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.
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Birley Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sheffield Park Academy 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sheffield Springs Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westfield School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints' Catholic High School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Newfield Secondary School 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park 3.0 mi Standards maintained