Tapton School & Sixth Form
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B77
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sheffield, S10 5RG
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Forge Valley School & Sixth Form
Wood Lane, Sheffield, S6 5HG
Local ranking12th of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 1 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 248
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 61.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 17.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
107
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 37.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 257
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1533
- Boys
- 780 (52%)
- Girls
- 714 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (111% full)
- SEND
- 16.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.9%
- EAL
- 9.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 12.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,071/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
- 9.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 78.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Black African: 2.6%
- Other: 2.4%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Asian Chinese: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
78.6%
White British
3.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
2.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Wood Lane
Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 140547
- UKPRN
- 10044566
- Establishment No.
- 4007
- Trust
- INOVA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED
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