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Stocksbridge High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Shay House Lane, Stocksbridge, Sheffield S36 1FD · stocksbridgehigh.co.uk · 0114 288 3153
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Sheffield 43.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 784
- 87% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.2%
- First language not English
- 3.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 137 families put the school first and 141 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 141 | 137 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 163 | 159 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 170 | 168 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 164 | 150 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 170 | 149 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.5, and 26.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼26.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ●41.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.45 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 107143)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 13.8 | −12.6 |
| Sixth form college | 1.1 | −0.3 |
| Further education | 64.4 | +12.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 7.5 | +1.4 |
| Employment | 1.1 | −3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.8 | +0.3 |
| Activity not captured | 2.3 | +1.6 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Stocksbridge High School on 12 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement
- Personal development and well-being: Needs attention
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 12 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Urgent improvement |
| Personal development and well-being | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (151 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 60%
- Replies
- 151
- 19% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 42 parents (28%) with SEND