Oasis Academy Don Valley
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D42
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Sheffield, S9 3TY
- Distance
- 1.8km away
Fir Vale Academy
Owler Lane, Sheffield, S4 8GB
Local ranking29th of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
—
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 25 February 2025. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Fir Vale School (URN 138925) since 1 July 2025. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 February 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
- 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
- 23.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 16.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 28.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 180
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 67.0%
- Continued in education
- 64.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 20.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 984
- Boys
- 471 (51%)
- Girls
- 460 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (89% full)
- SEND
- 22.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 72.2%
- EAL
- 83.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 19.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £1,886/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
- 23.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 58.7% 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
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Gypsy/Roma: 45.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 26.1%
- Other: 10.9%
- Black African: 8.6%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
- White British: 1.3%
- White Other: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.2%
45.5%
Gypsy/Roma
26.1%
Asian Pakistani
10.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 151851
- UKPRN
- 10098092
- Establishment No.
- 4018
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
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