All Saints' Catholic High School

All Saints' Catholic High School is a large, above-average-sized Catholic secondary school in Sheffield and part of the St Clare Multi Academy Trust; it also has a resourced provision for pupils with physical disabilities. This April 2026 full inspection found safeguarding standards met and the school meeting expected standards across achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, leadership and governance, personal development, and post-16 provision. Inspectors noted significant additional safeguarding evidence gathering and a further visit, reflecting the school's recent work to strengthen safeguarding practice. Pupils typically achieve in line with national averages at key stage 4, with particularly impressive English results in 2025 and notably improved outcomes for disadvantaged pupils. Attendance is generally in line with or slightly above national averages and persistent absence is falling. Pupils feel safe, many attend well, behaviour is usually calm and purposeful, and post-16 students are mature and achieve comparably to others nationally. Leaders have a clear and inclusive approach to SEND and disadvantage, a thoughtfully designed curriculum in most subjects, strong governance and trust support, and a rich personal development and enrichment offer. Areas for further work centre on consistency. In a small number of subjects at key stage 3, some pupils do not develop secure, deep knowledge, and some staff are still developing how to teach the renewed curriculum as leaders intend; teaching is sometimes less well matched to pupils' needs, including SEND. A few pupils can be less respectful, and some pupils' PSHE/RSE knowledge is not secure. Trust leaders also need stronger systems for reviewing the impact of their work, particularly safeguarding, and leaders should continue to improve post-16 attendance.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture and pupils who feel safe and know where to get support.
• Pupils achieve in line with national averages at key stage 4, with impressive 2025 English outcomes.
• Disadvantaged pupils' achievement and attendance have improved notably.
• Pupils with SEND typically achieve well from their starting points, supported by inclusive practice and a resourced provision.
• Attendance is generally in line with or above national averages, and persistent absence is falling.
• Pupils' conduct is typically calm and purposeful, bullying is uncommon, and discriminatory behaviour is dealt with appropriately.
• The curriculum is thoughtfully designed in most subjects and supported by the school's 'Science of Learning' approach.
• Literacy and reading are prioritised, with effective support for pupils who find reading difficult.
• Leadership and governance are strong, with coordinated trust and local governance support and challenge.
• Staff value an impressive range of professional learning, and leaders act on pupil and staff feedback.
• The personal development offer is rich, including wide enrichment, careers activities and high progression to education, employment or training.
• Post-16 provision is inclusive, students are happy and settled, and they achieve well with good world-of-work engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects at key stage 3, some pupils do not develop a secure, deep bank of knowledge.
• Some staff are still developing fluency and confidence to teach the renewed curriculum in line with leaders' expectations.
• Teaching is sometimes less well matched to pupils' needs, including those with SEND.
• A few pupils can be less respectful to others, and respect is not universally enacted.
• Some pupils' PSHE and RSE knowledge is not as secure as it should be.
• Trust leaders need to develop systems to review and understand the impact of their work, particularly on safeguarding practice.
• Post-16 attendance requires continued promotion and improvement.
• Leaders should continue refining the curriculum so all teachers deliver it as expected and all pupils achieve well in each key stage and subject.

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 All Saints' Catholic High School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.9% 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, 4.9% of pupils at All Saints' Catholic High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No 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 All Saints' Catholic High School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.1% 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, 8.0% of pupils at All Saints' Catholic High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.4% 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 All Saints' Catholic High School received £8,370 and spent £8,236 for each of its 1,403 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £3,640,000 (£2,594 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,072 and spending £8,099 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 Saints' Catholic High School is part of St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School Sheffield
• St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam) Sheffield
• St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield
• Notre Dame High School Sheffield
• Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield
• St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Sheffield
• St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield
• St John Fisher Primary, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield
• St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield
• St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Sheffield

What is All Saints' Catholic High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for All Saints' Catholic High School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was All Saints' Catholic High School last inspected by Ofsted?

All Saints' Catholic High School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does All Saints' Catholic High School have?

All Saints' Catholic High School has 1,404 pupils on roll.

What age range does All Saints' Catholic High School cover?

All Saints' Catholic High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are All Saints' Catholic High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 51.2, and 53% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is All Saints' Catholic High School?

All Saints' Catholic High School is at Granville Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 2RJ.