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Newfield Secondary School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Lees Hall Road, Sheffield S8 9JP · newfield.sheffield.sch.uk · 0114 255 7331
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Sheffield 43.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 0.99 mi
- 1.60 km · Year 7, September 2025 entry · Last category offered · Sheffield Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,048
- 100% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36.3%
- First language not English
- 11.6%
- 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 0.99 mi (1.60 km) from the school. Source: Sheffield Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 193 families put the school first and 225 places were offered; 99% 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 | 225 | 193 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 214 | 267 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 220 | 224 | 1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 215 | 224 | 1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 216 | 243 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Last category offered | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.99 mi1.60 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 47.9, and 41% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sheffield it was 43.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼41.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼27.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.05 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 34.5 | +0.7 |
| Sixth form college | 2 | −1.3 |
| Further education | 45.2 | −2.7 |
| Other education | 0.5 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 4.6 | +1.3 |
| Employment | 1.5 | +0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.1 | −1.3 |
| Activity not captured | 3.6 | +2.2 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Newfield Secondary School on 23 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 23 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
3% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (93 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 3%
- Replies
- 93
- 9% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on 24 parents (26%) whose child was bullied
based on 45 parents (48%) with SEND