Astrea Academy Sheffield, Sheffield

In its own words: "Astrea Academy Sheffield opened in September 2018 as a free school and started with pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 7. We have grown over the years and we now have scholars from Nursery to Year 13."

Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 24 November 2026 at 9am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Astrea Academy Sheffield averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Sheffield and 47 across England.

50% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Sheffield and 47% in England.

That is up from 45.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.01: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 45.8, against 48.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 2.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 184 families put Astrea Academy Sheffield as their first choice and 240 named it as one of their preferences, for 165 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 26 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Astrea Academy Sheffield are UTC Sheffield City Centre (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.2); Fir Vale Academy (1.3 miles, Attainment 8 23.7); All Saints' Catholic High School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.2); and E-Act Parkwood Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.9).

Astrea Academy Sheffield's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Astrea Academy Sheffield is one of 26 schools run by Astrea Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 142 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 19% to a further education college.

56.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 60.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are other ethnic groups (32%), Asian (30%) and Black (24%).

In 2026, 198 pupils (18.5%) received SEN support and 21 (2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Shalesmoor Platform to City, about 840 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rock Street/Andover Street (adjacent), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Astrea Academy Sheffield stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 882 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Sheffield (267), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Astrea Academy Sheffield issued 530 suspensions, 50.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 8 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Astrea Academy Sheffield are Pye Bank CofE Primary School (0.2 miles), Byron Wood Primary Academy (0.4 miles), St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam) (0.6 miles) and Abbeyfield Primary Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.