Forge Valley School & Sixth Form
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Sheffield · S6 5HG · Sheffield
Ages 11–19
- Att847.4
- P8-0.2
- EM5+47%
- Absence9.8%
2.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 147788
Bradfield Secondary School
Academy converter · Sheffield · S35 0AE
Ages 11–19 · 1,006 pupils · Sheffield
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
45.4
Overall absence
10.0%
Admissions demand
0.94 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-06-03
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.47
−20+2
Attainment 845.4
English & maths grade 5+52%
English & maths grade 4+70%
EBacc entry19%
EBacc APS: 3.9
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)25.7%
Unauthorised5.0%
- Authorised absence
- 5.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 7.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,128
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.94 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
176
Places offered
189
1st-preference offers
174
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 384
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 187
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill84%
1,006 pupils · 1,200 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,006
- Boys / girls
- 492 / 514
- School capacity
- 1,200
- Capacity fill
- 1,006 / 1,200 (84%)
- Free school meals
- 16.5%
- FSM pupils
- 166
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: INOVA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED
- Academy trust
- INOVA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED
- Sponsor
- Tapton School Academy trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Dale Barrowclough
Location
- Address
- Kirk Edge Road
- Postcode
- S35 0AE
- Town
- Sheffield
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- District
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Hallam
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 12 on roll / 12 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Sheffield, Sheffield, 1,006 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 16.5%. SEN provision includes: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Chaucer School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Sheffield · S5 8NH · Sheffield
Ages 11–16
- Att828.0
- P8-1.1
- EM5+21%
- Absence18.1%
2.5 miles away
Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Sheffield · S5 8NH · Sheffield
Ages 11–16
2.5 miles away
Yewlands Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Sheffield · S35 8NN · Sheffield
Ages 11–16
- Att841.4
- P8-0.3
- EM5+34%
- Absence10.4%
2.6 miles away
E-Act Parkwood Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Sheffield · S5 8UL · Sheffield
Ages 11–16
- Att836.3
- P8-0.4
- EM5+31%
- Absence11.6%
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Dale Barrowclough
- Telephone
- 01142863861