The Birley Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sheffield, S12 3BP
- Distance
- 4.0km away
Eckington School
Dronfield Road, Sheffield, S21 4GN
Local ranking38th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1453
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 24 March 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Eckington School (URN 145521) since 31 March 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 226
Destinations
After GCSE 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Higher education
- 67.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 17.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
31.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
37
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 25.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 108
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1144
- Boys
- 554 (49%)
- Girls
- 570 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1453 (77% full)
- SEND
- 14.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.5%
- EAL
- 2.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 11.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,272/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
- 10.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.5% 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
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.3%
- White Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
92.1%
White British
1.4%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
1.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Dronfield Road
Sheffield, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 149825
- UKPRN
- 10092578
- Establishment No.
- 4016
- Trust
- CHORUS EDUCATION TRUST
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