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Fir Vale Academy
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Owler Lane, Sheffield S4 8GB · firvale.com · 0114 243 9391
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2023/24
- 25.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Sheffield 43.6, England 45.9
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 931
- 89% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 72.4%
- First language not English
- 85.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 115 families put the school first and 194 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 | 194 | 115 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 189 | 143 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 188 | 156 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 206 | 162 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 207 | 185 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2023/24 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 25.5, and 11% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sheffield it was 43.6, and across England 45.9.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | 46 | ||
| n/a | 45.4% | ||
| n/a | 64.8% | ||
| n/a | 40.5% | ||
| n/a | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 138925)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 6.6 | −2.2 |
| Sixth form college | 33 | −4.1 |
| Further education | 32.4 | +13.8 |
| Employment | 1.1 | −0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 17.6 | −7.1 |
| Activity not captured | 9.3 | 0 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 138925)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Fir Vale Academy on 25 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138925)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 138925), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jan 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138925)
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Requires 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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138925)
Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138925)
Jul 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138925)