Handsworth Grange Community Sports College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.518 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College 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 | 2.518 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 2.518 miles away, the longest of the 14 Sheffield secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 231 first-choice applications for 204 offers; 202 offers went to first-choice families, and 29 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 27% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd 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
- Handsworth Grange Road, Handsworth, Sheffield, S13 9HJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 989 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “Following a period of instability, the school has introduced an approach which has improved behaviour significantly at the school.”
- “This new approach is used consistently.”
- “Lessons are calm, and most pupils behave respectfully towards their peers.”
To improve
- “Some of these changes are new and not yet firmly embedded.”
- “As a result, there are inconsistencies in how well pupils learn the intended curriculum.”
- “A significant number of pupils still do not achieve highly in external tests and assessments.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 July 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) | 27% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.6 | 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: 231 first-preference applications, 204 offers in total, 202 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.
- Outwood Academy City 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sheffield Park Academy 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Birley Academy 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westfield School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sheffield Springs Academy 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park 2.9 mi Standards maintained
- All Saints' Catholic High School 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Newfield Secondary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published