Ecclesfield School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.198 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ecclesfield School is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2022. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Ecclesfield School 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 | 2.198 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 Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 2.198 miles away, the 3rd longest of 14 Sheffield secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 3 of the 5 years with a published outcome, and the 2026 last distance was further than in 2025.
- Year 7 2026 had 370 first-choice applications for 364 offers; 351 offers went to first-choice families and 19 first-choice families (5%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 32% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 41.5 (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
- Chapeltown Road, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, S35 9WD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,711 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are kept safe and learn well in this friendly, welcoming school.”
- “Four core values are evident in everything that happens: work hard, be kind, aim high and show grit.”
- “They enjoy sharing their knowledge and their achievements.”
To improve
- “Bullying does happen occasionally.”
- “Inappropriate language is heard sometimes but is not tolerated.”
- “However, religious education (RE) is significantly weaker.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.5 | 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: 370 first-preference applications, 364 offers in total, 351 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.
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- Lift Firth Park 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mercia Northridge School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- E-Act Parkwood Academy 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fir Vale Academy 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bradfield Secondary School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park 4.2 mi Standards maintained
- Forge Valley School & Sixth Form 4.4 mi Good Last distance published