Sheffield schools and admissions data

Sheffield City Council has 153 primary schools and 52 secondary schools. 4% of Sheffield's schools are private schools. 57 state schools in Sheffield follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 124 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Sheffield

  1. Outstanding 21
  2. Good 129
  3. Requires Improvement 15
  4. Inadequate 4

Most popular state schools
in Sheffield in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Netherthorpe Primary School

    Community school • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Norton Free Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Norton, Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam)

    Academy converter • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School

    Foundation school • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    High Green Primary School

    Community school • High Green, Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Parson Cross Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Totley Primary School

    Academy converter • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Meersbrook Bank Primary School

    Community school • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter • Grenoside, Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Loxley Primary School

    Academy converter • Loxley, Sheffield

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  11. 11

    Hunter's Bar Infant School

    Community school • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Mundella Primary School

    Community school • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Stradbroke Primary School

    Foundation school • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School

    Academy converter • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Ballifield Primary School

    Foundation school • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    Arbourthorne Community Primary School

    Community school • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Stannington Infant School

    Academy converter • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  18. 18

    Bradway Primary School

    Community school • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Mosborough Primary School

    Community school • Mosborough, Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Beighton Nursery Infant School

    Community school • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  1. 1

    All Saints' Catholic High School

    Academy converter • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Silverdale School

    Academy converter • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Yewlands Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  4. 4

    Mercia School

    Free schools • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Tapton School

    Academy converter • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Notre Dame High School

    Academy converter • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Handsworth Grange Community Sports College

    Academy converter • Handsworth, Sheffield

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  8. 8

    Newfield Secondary School

    Academy sponsor led • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Westfield School

    Academy sponsor led • Sothall, Sheffield

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  10. 10

    Forge Valley School

    Academy sponsor led • Sheffield

    Ofsted: Good

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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