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Tapton School & Sixth Form
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Darwin Lane, Sheffield S10 5RG · taptonschool.co.uk · 0114 267 1414
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 58
- average Attainment 8 score. Sheffield 43.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 3.16 mi
- 5.09 km · Year 7, September 2025 entry · Last category offered · Sheffield Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,747
- 179 over 1,568 places · 111%
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 19.1%
- First language not English
- 25%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2025, the last place offered under “Last category offered” went to a home 3.16 mi (5.09 km) from the school. Source: Sheffield Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 337 families put the school first and 267 places were offered; 73% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 267 | 337 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 266 | 287 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 266 | 314 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 268 | 309 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 270 | 333 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Last category offered | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 3.16 mi5.09 km | |
The council gives the distance of the last place offered in the last category that was reached.
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 58, and 67.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sheffield it was 43.2, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B (39.5 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲58 | 46 | ||
| ▲67.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲84.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲49.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.31 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 67.5 | −1.2 |
| Sixth form college | 1 | −0.9 |
| Further education | 24.1 | +2.7 |
| Other education | 0.7 | −0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.7 | +0.6 |
| Employment | 2.1 | +1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 0.7 | −2.4 |
| Activity not captured | 2.1 | +0.2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 217 students | B (39.5) | Above average +0.32 | |
| 217 students | B (39.5) | Above average +0.32 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 226 | B (38.9) | +0.23 |
| 2022/23 | 212 | B- (37.8) | — |
| 2021/22 | 224 | B (39.9) | — |
| 2018/19 | 241 | B- (35.1) | +0.18 |
| 2017/18 | 205 | B (38.9) | +0.21 |
| 2016/17 | 249 | B- (35.3) | +0.14 |
| 2015/16 | 231 | B- (37.5) | +0.15 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 63.5 | −2.6 |
| Further and other education | 3 | −4.4 |
| Further education | 1.7 | 0 |
| Other education | 1.3 | −4.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.9 | −0.4 |
| Employment | 14.2 | +0.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.4 | +4.2 |
| Activity not captured | 6 | +2.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Tapton School & Sixth Form on 26 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Sixth form | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jan 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (289 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 289
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 81 parents (28%) with SEND