Outwood Academy City
Ofsted: Good
Score
D47
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sheffield, S13 8SS
- Distance
- 2.1km away
The Birley Academy
Birley Lane, Sheffield, S12 3BP
Local ranking17th of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1163
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 13 May 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
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 37.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 28.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 219
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1108
- Boys
- 573 (52%)
- Girls
- 535 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1163 (95% full)
- SEND
- 29.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.5%
- EAL
- 11.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.8%
- SEN Support
- 23.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,570/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.4%
- Black African: 4.8%
- Asian Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.4%
- White Other: 2.0%
- Black Other: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
80.4%
White British
4.8%
Black African
2.7%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Birley Lane
Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 143963
- UKPRN
- 10062640
- Establishment No.
- 4276
- Trust
- L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST
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