Oasis Academy Don Valley
Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D44
- 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 improvement
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
—
Gender
School history and successor
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
2023-24*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
- Average Attainment 8
- 25.5 nat45.9
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 11.0% nat45.9%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 26.9% nat65.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 15.4% nat40.4%
- EBacc APS
- 2.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 182
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
- Capacity
- 1050 (0% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- 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
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 151851
- UKPRN
- 10098092
- Establishment No.
- 4018
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
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