Mercia School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.904 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mercia School is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 8 February 2023. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Mercia 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 | 0.904 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
- Year 7 2026's last distance offered was 0.904 miles, the shortest of the 14 Sheffield secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.89 miles).
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 385 first-choice applications for 194 offers, 2.0 first choices per offer, the highest of 24 Sheffield secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 187 offers went to first-choice families and 198 first-choice families (51%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- Carter Knowle Road, Sheffield, S7 2DY
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,070 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 8 February 2023
Strengths
- “Mercia School is a warm and welcoming place.”
- “Positive relationships are at the heart of the school’s approach to education.”
- “Pupils are polite and understand the importance of respect.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 2023 (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) | 83% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 68.1 | 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: 385 first-preference applications, 194 offers in total, 187 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.
- High Storrs School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Silverdale School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Newfield Secondary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Notre Dame High School 1.7 mi Good
- King Edward VII School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Tapton School & Sixth Form 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- UTC Sheffield City Centre 2.0 mi Not judged
- Meadowhead School Academy Trust 2.0 mi Good Last distance published