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Ecclesfield School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Chapeltown Road, Ecclesfield, Sheffield S35 9WD · ecclesfield-school.com · 0114 246 1156
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Sheffield 43.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.81 mi
- 2.91 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
- 1,711
- 98% of 1,750 places
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 30.5%
- First language not English
- 5.7%
- 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 1.81 mi (2.91 km) from the school. Source: Sheffield Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 370 families put the school first and 364 places were offered; 95% 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 | 364 | 370 | 1▲ | 95% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 350 | 379 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 344 | 319 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 349 | 336 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 358 | 319 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Last category offered | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1.81 mi2.91 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 41.5, and 32.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼32.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼58.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲64.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.78 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 140809)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 15.7 | +1 |
| Sixth form college | 7.4 | +0.7 |
| Further education | 55.9 | −3 |
| Other education | 0.3 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 8.3 | +1.9 |
| Employment | 3.4 | −0.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.5 | +0.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | 0 |
Ofsted
Ecclesfield School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 May 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 24 May 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jan 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 140809), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2017Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140809)
What parents said
66% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (191 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 66%
- Replies
- 191
- 11% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 59 parents (31%) with SEND