Silverdale School

Silverdale School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all key areas, with sixth-form provision rated as 'Outstanding'. The school fosters a diverse and inclusive learning environment where pupils from various backgrounds, including those with special educational needs, feel valued and engaged. The curriculum is broad and thoughtfully sequenced, allowing for a strong educational experience from Year 7 to Year 13. Despite the overall positive findings, there are ongoing efforts to strengthen assessment systems at key stage 3 and to improve consistency in behaviour policies across the school.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy being part of a diverse learning community.
• Behaviour in lessons is purposeful and focused.
• Teachers effectively adapt lessons for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Strong emphasis on literacy across the curriculum.
• Wide range of extra-curricular clubs well attended by pupils.
• Sixth-form students support younger pupils, fostering a positive learning environment.
• Effective safeguarding practices are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Behaviour policies are not consistently applied at social times.
• Key stage 3 assessment systems are less developed than those for older pupils.

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 Silverdale School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 12.9% 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, 3.2% of pupils at Silverdale School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Silverdale School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.1% 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, 8.7% of pupils at Silverdale School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 1 pupil.

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 Silverdale School received £9,133 and spent £8,768 for each of its 1,452 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,226,000 (£844 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Chorus Education Trust, income was £8,178 and spending £7,978 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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Silverdale School is part of Chorus Education Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Malin Bridge Primary School Sheffield
• Eckington School Sheffield
• Westfield School Sheffield
• Bradwell Junior School Hope Valley
• Stocksbridge Junior School Sheffield
• Hope Valley College Hope Valley
• Hady Primary School Chesterfield

What is Silverdale School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Silverdale School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Silverdale School last inspected by Ofsted?

Silverdale School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Silverdale School have?

Silverdale School has 1,491 pupils on roll.

What age range does Silverdale School cover?

Silverdale School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Silverdale School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 61.3, and 75% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Silverdale School?

Silverdale School is at Bents Crescent, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 9QH.