Notre Dame High School

Notre Dame High School is performing well overall, demonstrating a good quality of education and strong leadership. The school has not undergone a routine inspection since becoming an academy in 2012, making this inspection significant, especially following the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pupils feel safe and supported within a caring community that promotes a Christian ethos, and most attendees actively participate in school life and cultural inclusivity. Parents express high satisfaction with the school's commitment to their children's development and aspirations.

Strengths

• Ambitious and well-organized curriculum in place
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Strong personal development curriculum and enrichment opportunities
• Positive pupil behavior and supportive school culture
• Commitment to staff well-being and effective training programs

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment data by subject leaders to improve curriculum
• Absence of a system to check learning outcomes in the PSHE curriculum
• Some staff do not consistently implement the behaviour policy

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 Notre Dame High School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 16.3% 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, 5.2% of pupils at Notre Dame 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 Notre Dame High School had 16.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.8% 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, 10.7% of pupils at Notre Dame High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.2% 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 Notre Dame High School received £8,456 and spent £7,796 for each of its 1,494 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,538,000 (£1,699 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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Notre Dame High School is part of St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield
• St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Sheffield
• Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield
• All Saints' Catholic High School Sheffield
• St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam) Sheffield
• St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Sheffield
• Emmaus Catholic and CofE Primary School 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 Notre Dame High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Notre Dame High School is Good, from an inspection in March 2022.

When was Notre Dame High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Notre Dame High School was last inspected in March 2022.

How many pupils does Notre Dame High School have?

Notre Dame High School has 1,491 pupils on roll.

What age range does Notre Dame High School cover?

Notre Dame High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Notre Dame High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 58.8, and 64% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Notre Dame High School?

Notre Dame High School is at Fulwood Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S10 3BT.