Forge Valley School & Sixth Form
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.149 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Forge Valley School & Sixth Form is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 May 2024. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Forge Valley School & Sixth Form 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 | 2.149 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 in 2026 lived 2.149 miles away, the 4th longest of 14 Sheffield secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 274 first-choice applications for 268 offers; 259 offers went to first-choice families, and 15 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 46.6 (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
- Wood Lane, Sheffield, S6 5HG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,494 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 May 2024
Strengths
- “Forge Valley School is an inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “There are strong relationships between staff and pupils.”
- “Pupils treat one and other with respect.”
To improve
- “However, in some instances, the tasks and activities pupils complete do not always match the ambition of the planned curriculum.”
- “For example, pupils are not consistently expected to explain their learning or think more deeply.”
- “This limits some pupils’ depth of understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.6 | 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: 274 first-preference applications, 268 offers in total, 259 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.
- Tapton School & Sixth Form 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- E-Act Parkwood Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Notre Dame High School 1.8 mi Good
- King Edward VII School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bradfield Secondary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mercia Northridge School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- UTC Sheffield City Centre 2.6 mi Not judged
- High Storrs School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published