Westfield School

Westfield School is currently facing challenges in achieving consistent progress for its pupils across various subjects, especially disadvantaged students and those with special educational needs. While the overall assessment results for key stage 4 sit close to national averages, significant disparities exist among different groups, highlighting the need for targeted interventions. The school has made strides in establishing a culture of safety and support, with leaders implementing strategies to improve attendance, teaching consistency, and the personal development curriculum, though these efforts are still in early stages and need further evaluation for effectiveness.

Strengths

• Safeguarding standards are met and promote a culture of safety.
• Pupils generally behave well in lessons and around the school.
• The school offers a broad curriculum that provides a suitable foundation for further education.
• Leaders have strengthened pastoral support and worked to create a calmer environment.
• There are promising signs of improvement in attendance for some pupil groups.
• Extra reading programmes effectively support pupils with gaps in reading knowledge.

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement varies significantly between subjects and year groups.
• Disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs are not progressing well.
• Overall attendance remains too low, particularly for disadvantaged pupils.
• Inconsistencies in teaching and support for special educational needs hinder progress.
• Pupils' knowledge of citizenship themes and world faiths is less secure.

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 Westfield School attended 88.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 30.6% 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, 9.3% of pupils at Westfield School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 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 Westfield School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.4% 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, 19.7% of pupils at Westfield School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.2% 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 Westfield School received £8,241 and spent £7,828 for each of its 1,329 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,122,000 (£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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Westfield School is part of Chorus Education Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Westfield School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Westfield School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Westfield School last inspected by Ofsted?

Westfield School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Westfield School have?

Westfield School has 1,366 pupils on roll.

What age range does Westfield School cover?

Westfield School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Westfield School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 37.2, and 33% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Westfield School?

Westfield School is at Eckington Road, Sothall, Sheffield, S20 1HQ.