Sheffield Park Academy

Sheffield Park Academy continues to excel as a good school, supported by a strong community and a dedicated team of staff. The school is particularly noted for its inclusive and respectful environment, where all pupils feel valued and safe. Leaders are ambitious for pupil achievement and promote a broad curriculum that engages students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. There is a strong emphasis on personal development, with students partaking in rich extracurricular activities and receiving effective career guidance. The sixth form performs notably well, with high rates of success in further education and employment.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils foster a caring learning environment.
• Ambitious and broad curriculum designed to engage all students.
• Effective support for pupils’ personal development and well-being.
• High participation in challenging subjects such as the English Baccalaureate.
• Strong extracurricular opportunities that enhance students' experiences.
• Successful sixth form with high student achievement and positive pathways.
• Effective safeguarding practices that ensure pupil safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle to act on teachers' feedback effectively.
• Inconsistencies in support for the specific needs of pupils with SEND.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Sheffield Park Academy attended 86.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 37.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 22.2% of pupils at Sheffield Park Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 12 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Sheffield Park Academy had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 36.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.6% of pupils at Sheffield Park Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Sheffield Park Academy received £8,979 and spent £8,540 for each of its 1,220 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,090,000 (£894 per pupil).

Across all 93 schools of United Learning Trust, income was £8,687 and spending £8,616 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Sheffield · Sheffield local authority: places and applications

Sheffield Park Academy is part of United Learning Trust, which runs 98 schools. The nearest others:

• High Hazels Nursery Infant Academy Sheffield
• High Hazels Junior School Sheffield
• Sheffield Springs Academy Sheffield
• Fir Vale Academy Sheffield
• Barnsley Academy Barnsley
• Bank End Primary Academy Barnsley
• Hunningley Primary Academy Barnsley
• Abbey Hey Primary Academy Manchester
• Stockport Academy Stockport
• Manchester Academy Manchester

What is Sheffield Park Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sheffield Park Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Sheffield Park Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Sheffield Park Academy was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Sheffield Park Academy have?

Sheffield Park Academy has 1,185 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sheffield Park Academy cover?

Sheffield Park Academy for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Sheffield Park Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 37.4, and 30% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Sheffield Park Academy?

Sheffield Park Academy is at Beaumont Road North, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 1SN.