Mercia Northridge School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sheffield, S5 8NH
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Yewlands Academy
Creswick Lane, Sheffield, S35 8NN
Local ranking22nd of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 1 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 October 2024 — 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
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 171
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 912
- Boys
- 460 (52%)
- Girls
- 424 (48%)
- Capacity
- 900 (98% full)
- SEND
- 27.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.3%
- EAL
- 3.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 24.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,823/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
- 10.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- White Other: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Other: 0.7%
91.3%
White British
1.7%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Creswick Lane
Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 145943
- UKPRN
- 10067326
- Establishment No.
- 4016
- Trust
- BRIGANTIA LEARNING TRUST LIMITED
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