Yewlands AcademyBradfield Secondary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Sheffield.

Summary of the comparison

Yewlands Academy and Bradfield Secondary School are secondary schools in Sheffield.

  • Yewlands Academy scores 43 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Bradfield Secondary School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average). Bradfield Secondary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Yewlands Academy was judged in need of attention and Bradfield Secondary School was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 37.3 for Yewlands Academy and 49.2 for Bradfield Secondary School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Yewlands Academy (39.1 in 2021-22, 37.3 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Bradfield Secondary School (48.2 in 2021-22, 49.2 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Yewlands Academy versus Bradfield Secondary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SheffieldYewlands AcademySheffieldBradfield Secondary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD43/100C57/100Stronger figure
Local ranking26th of 29 in Sheffield 13th of 29 in Sheffield Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementOfsted: GoodStronger figure
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-19
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll912 1,021
Capacity900 1,200
LocationSheffield, S35 8NN Sheffield, S35 0AE
GCSE results
Attainment 837.3 49.2 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths30.0% 53.6% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths51.2% 74.2% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc24.7% 24.9% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score3.19 4.31 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort170 209
Pupils
Pupils in the census912 1,021
Free school meals (ever 6)41.3% 15.8%
English as an additional language3.2% 4.1%
SEN support24.2% 14.6%
SEN with an EHC plan2.9% 2.4%
Attendance
Overall absence10.8% 6.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence31.3% 15.5% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Yewlands Academy

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