Forge Valley School & Sixth Form
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sheffield, S6 5HG
- Distance
- 3.5km away
Bradfield Secondary School
Kirk Edge Road, Sheffield, S35 0AE
Local ranking13th of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 3 June 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 June 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
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 55.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 186
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1021
- Boys
- 492 (49%)
- Girls
- 514 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (84% full)
- SEND
- 16.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.8%
- EAL
- 4.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 14.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,814/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
- 6.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.8%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.6%
- Black African: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Other: 0.8%
85.8%
White British
2.6%
White Other
2.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Kirk Edge Road
Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 147788
- UKPRN
- 10085445
- Establishment No.
- 4017
- Trust
- INOVA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED
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