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Handsworth Grange Community Sports College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Handsworth Grange Road, Handsworth, Sheffield S13 9HJ · hgcsc.co.uk · 0114 269 4801
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Sheffield 43.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.75 mi
- 2.81 km · Year 7, September 2025 entry · Last category offered · Sheffield Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 989
- 96% of 1,025 places
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 34.4%
- First language not English
- 11%
- 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 1.75 mi (2.81 km) from the school. Source: Sheffield Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 231 families put the school first and 204 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
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 204 | 231 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 202 | 202 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 203 | 226 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 204 | 260 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 204 | 273 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Last category offered | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1.75 mi2.81 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 36.6, and 27% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼27.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼46.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼29.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.11 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 22.9 | 0 |
| Sixth form college | 4.5 | −11.6 |
| Further education | 47.8 | +3.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 10 | +6.1 |
| Employment | 4 | +0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.5 | +0.7 |
| Activity not captured | 3.5 | +0.6 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Handsworth Grange Community Sports College on 3 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107148), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective May 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107148)
What parents said
53% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (70 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 53%
- Replies
- 70
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (37%) with SEND