The Birley Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
The Birley Academy is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2025 entry.
The Birley 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 2022 | 🔒 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2025, as at all 8 other Sheffield secondary schools with a published Year 7 2025 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 entry drew 211 first-choice applications for 226 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 15 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 27% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 3rd 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
- Birley Lane, Sheffield, S12 3BP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,061 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025
Strengths
- “The Birley Academy has improved since its previous inspection.”
- “This view is shared by pupils, staff, parents and carers.”
- “Leaders have heightened their expectations for pupils’ behaviour and achievement.”
To improve
- “Where there is still work to do to meet the higher expectations, such as pupils’ learning of some aspects of the personal development curriculum, leaders are aware.”
- “Work is already in progress, but improvements have not yet become fully embedded.”
- “There remains some variability in how well the curriculum is implemented.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 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) | 37.2 | 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: 211 first-preference applications, 226 offers in total, 211 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 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sheffield Springs Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sheffield Park Academy 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newfield Secondary School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westfield School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meadowhead School Academy Trust 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints' Catholic High School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade