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Kingfisher Academy
All-through · Mixed · Ages 5–18 · Special academy
Sevenairs Road, Beighton, Sheffield S20 1NZ · kingfisher-academy.org · 0114 305 3121
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Pupils
- 16
- 23% of 70 places
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 50%
- First language not English
- 18.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 33.3 | 0 |
| Other education | 50 | −8.3 |
| Activity not captured | 16.7 | — |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Kingfisher Academy on 16 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: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Post-16 provision: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 16 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 107184), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107184)
Mar 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107184)
Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 107184)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (39 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 39
- 45% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied
based on 39 parents (100%) with SEND