Mercia Northridge School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sheffield, S5 8NH
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Chaucer School
Wordsworth Avenue, Sheffield, S5 8NH
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 25 February 2025.
School history and status
Closed on 31 August 2026 and continues as Mercia Northridge School (URN 152560) (opened 1 September 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 33.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 22.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 154
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 72.0%
- Continued in education
- 66.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 20.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 794
- Boys
- 381 (53%)
- Girls
- 341 (47%)
- Capacity
- 900 (80% full)
- SEND
- 21.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 58.3%
- EAL
- 22.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 19.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,971/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
- 12.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 67.5%
- Black African: 10.6%
- Other: 5.5%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
67.5%
White British
10.6%
Black African
5.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Wordsworth Avenue
Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 138414
- UKPRN
- 10038384
- Establishment No.
- 4000
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