Yewlands Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Sheffield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.094 miles
Published by Sheffield City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Yewlands Academy is a secondary school in Sheffield for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Sheffield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Yewlands 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 2026 | 2.094 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
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.094 miles from the school, the 5th longest of 14 Sheffield secondary schools with a published last distance.
- 44.9% of pupils were eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.6% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sheffield.
- Year 7 2026 had 172 first-choice applications for 179 offers; 169 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 30% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 37.3 (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
- Creswick Lane, Sheffield, S35 8NN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sheffield
- Pupils on roll
- 884 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and well cared for at this school.”
- “Pupils are confident they can share any worries with trusted adults in school.”
- “Pupils are certain that they will be listened to and supported due to strong relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “Over time, pupils have not achieved as well as they should.”
- “However, there is more to be done in this area.”
- “However, a minority continue to challenge the school and its expectations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.3 | 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: 172 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 169 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.
- Mercia Northridge School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- E-Act Parkwood Academy 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ecclesfield School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift Firth Park 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fir Vale Academy 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bradfield Secondary School 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Forge Valley School & Sixth Form 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park 3.6 mi Standards maintained