Meadowhead School Academy Trust
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sheffield, S8 8BR
- Distance
- 2.8km away
Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School
Green Lane, Dronfield, S18 2FZ
Local ranking12th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1809
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 11 July 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 298
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 61.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
181
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 22.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 340
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1854
- Boys
- 900 (50%)
- Girls
- 910 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1809 (100% full)
- SEND
- 18.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.7%
- EAL
- 2.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 101.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,191/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.7%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
90.7%
White British
2.0%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Green Lane
Dronfield, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 112969
- UKPRN
- 10002046
- Establishment No.
- 4509
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