Astrea Academy Sheffield

Astrea Academy Sheffield has demonstrated a good overall performance in its first inspection. The school provides an ambitious curriculum, ensuring pupils receive a solid quality of education supported by dedicated teachers. The atmosphere is generally calm and pupils are encouraged to focus on their learning, with both primary and secondary phases exhibiting respect and tolerance among students. However, there are concerns regarding the school’s behaviour policy, particularly for secondary-age pupils, as it leads to an increasing number of detentions and suspensions for minor infractions, which has raised apprehensions among parents about the impact on their children's learning experiences.

Strengths

• Pupils are supported by kind and dedicated teachers.
• There is a strong culture of tolerance and respect at the school.
• The school provides a good quality of education across all phases.
• Strong subject knowledge is present in most secondary phase subjects.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported and their progress is closely tracked.

Areas for Improvement

• Parents have concerns about the application of the behaviour policy in the secondary setting.
• Secondary-age pupils frequently receive detentions and suspensions for minor behaviour issues.
• Some teachers do not consistently address gaps in pupils' knowledge in the primary phase.

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 Astrea Academy Sheffield attended 92.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.4% 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, 13.1% of pupils at Astrea Academy Sheffield were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 8 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 Astrea Academy Sheffield had 15.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% 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, 18.5% of pupils at Astrea Academy Sheffield were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.0% 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 Astrea Academy Sheffield received £9,034 and spent £8,585 for each of its 1,042 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £365,000 (£350 per pupil).

Across all 26 schools of Astrea Academy Trust, income was £8,290 and spending £8,206 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

Astrea Academy Sheffield is part of Astrea Academy Trust, which runs 26 schools. The nearest others:

• Byron Wood Primary Academy Sheffield
• Hatfield Academy Sheffield
• Hartley Brook Primary School Sheffield
• Lower Meadow Primary School Sheffield
• Greengate Lane Academy Sheffield
• Netherwood Academy Barnsley
• Carrfield Primary Academy Rotherham
• Denaby Main Primary Academy Doncaster
• Highgate Primary Academy Rotherham
• Astrea Academy Dearne Rotherham

What is Astrea Academy Sheffield's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Astrea Academy Sheffield last inspected by Ofsted?

Astrea Academy Sheffield was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Astrea Academy Sheffield have?

Astrea Academy Sheffield has 1,070 pupils on roll.

What age range does Astrea Academy Sheffield cover?

Astrea Academy Sheffield for pupils aged 2 to 18.

What are Astrea Academy Sheffield's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.9, and 50% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

What are Astrea Academy Sheffield's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Astrea Academy Sheffield?

Astrea Academy Sheffield is at Andover Street, Sheffield, S3 9BE.