High Storrs School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.277 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
High Storrs School is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 March 2022. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
High Storrs 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 | 1.277 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 1.277 miles away, the 4th shortest of 14 Sheffield secondary schools with a published last distance (middle 1.89 miles).
- In Year 7 for 2026 there were 302 first-choice applications for 244 offers; 242 offers went to first-choice families and 60 first-choice families (20%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd 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
- High Storrs Road, Sheffield, S11 7LH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,706 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this highly ambitious and warmly supportive school.”
- “Pupils take healthy pride in belonging to their house.”
- “They celebrate their own achievements and the achievements of others.”
To improve
- “Bullying happens occasionally.”
- “However, planning at key stages 3 and 4 is less secure.”
- “In some subjects, such as English, planning is not precise enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 May 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) | 74% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 61 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | 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: 302 first-preference applications, 244 offers in total, 242 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.
- Silverdale School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Notre Dame High School 1.1 mi Good
- Mercia School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Tapton School & Sixth Form 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- King Edward VII School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- UTC Sheffield City Centre 2.5 mi Not judged
- Newfield Secondary School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King Ecgbert School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published