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King Ecgbert School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Totley Brook Road, Sheffield S17 3QU · ecgbert.sheffield.sch.uk · 0114 235 3855

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
56.1
average Attainment 8 score. Sheffield 43.2, England 46
Last distance offered
1.93 mi
3.11 km · Year 7, September 2025 entry · Last category offered · Sheffield Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,575
378 over 1,197 places · 132%
Local authority
Sheffield
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
21.8%
First language not English
16.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Mercia Learning Trust

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 1.93 mi (3.11 km) from the school. Source: Sheffield Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 253 families put the school first and 258 places were offered; 87% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 181 (Places 200)181September 2023: 251 (Places 236)251September 2024: 209 (Places 246)209September 2025: 240 (Places 247)240September 2026: 253 (Places 258)253Places 258
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026258253187%
September 2025Sept 2025247240186%
September 2024Sept 20242462090.898%
September 2023Sept 20232362511.1▲86%
September 2022Sept 20222001810.991%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Last category offeredDistance
September 20251.93 mi3.11 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 56.1, and 64.1% 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- (36.5 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 55.3 (England 46.3)55.32017/18: 53.9 (England 46.5)53.92018/19: 55.6 (England 46.7)55.62021/22: 56.4 (England 48.8)56.42022/23: 54.0 (England 46.3)54.02023/24: 56.4 (England 45.9)56.42024/25: 56.1 (England 46.0)56.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲56.146.0
▲64.1%45.4%
▲81.6%64.8%
●39.8%40.5%
▲5.054.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form63.7−3.4
Sixth form college2.5+1.1
Further education25.5+3.1
Other education0.50
Apprenticeship1.5+0.5
Employment0.5−0.9
Not in a lasting destination3.9+0.6
Activity not captured2−0.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 36.0 (England 30.5)B-2016/17: 33.2 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 36.1 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 34.8 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 42.8 (England 37.9)B+2022/23: 36.7 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 39.6 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 36.5 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
159 studentsB- (36.5)Above average +0.12
161 studentsB- (36.4)Above average +0.11
55 studentsDist (34.3)Average -0.04
16.7%AAB or better
94.4%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24145B (39.6)+0.23
2022/23148B- (36.7)—
2021/22155B+ (42.8)—
2018/19158C+ (34.8)+0.02
2017/18117B- (36.1)+0.22
2016/17121C+ (33.2)+0.24
2015/16158B- (36)+0.22

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University66.1+0.7
Further and other education2.3−0.4
Further education1.10
Other education1.1−0.5
Apprenticeship2.3−2.6
Employment17.5−1.2
Not in a lasting destination5.6+0.1
Activity not captured6.2+3.5

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected King Ecgbert School on 1 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
1 Oct 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • May 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Mar 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (205 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
91%
Replies
205
14% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●90% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●91% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲89% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲91% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲91% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼75% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲90% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲86% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲80% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 66% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲57% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 30% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼64% agreeEngland 67%

based on 62 parents (30%) with SEND

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