Hinde House 2-16 Academy, Sheffield

Ofsted's report card from its 10 February 2026 inspection grades Hinde House 2-16 Academy on 7 areas: 1 strong standard, 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have a passion for inclusion."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders' work on attendance is rigorous and rooted in a deep understanding of the school's context."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the quality of the curriculum and teaching."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years get off to a positive and secure start."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders aspire to a ‘school of limitless possibility'."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils are proud of their school community."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Historically, too few pupils have left Year 6 with the knowledge and skills required for Year 7."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers' checks on pupils' learning are used consistently well to identify gaps in pupils' understanding and to inform subsequent teaching"; "Leaders should embed recent improvements to the curriculum and teaching so that pupils deepen their knowledge and build on their achievement, including at key stage 2".

In 2026, pupils at Hinde House 2-16 Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Sheffield and 47 across England.

43% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Sheffield and 47% in England.

That is up from 41.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.07: 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 39.8, against 49.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 234 families put Hinde House 2-16 Academy as their first choice and 386 named it as one of their preferences, for 209 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 32 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Hinde House 2-16 Academy are Lift Firth Park (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.7); Fir Vale Academy (1.2 miles, Attainment 8 23.7); Winterhill School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8); and UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.4).

Hinde House 2-16 Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Hinde House 2-16 Academy is one of 4 schools run by Brigantia Learning Trust Limited, an academy trust.

58 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hinde House 2-16 Academy (as of April 2026): 83% would recommend the school, 78% say their child is happy there and 78% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (83%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (71%).

Of the 167 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 78% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 38% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

52.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 45.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (29%), Asian (26%) and Black (13%).

Hinde House 2-16 Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 24 places, 22 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Medowhall Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Standon Road/Standon Crescent (near), 290 metres away.

In 2024/25, Hinde House 2-16 Academy issued 356 suspensions, 24.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Hinde House 2-16 Academy are Brigantia Hill Fort Academy (0.2 miles), Hatfield Academy (0.6 miles), Limpsfield Junior School (0.7 miles) and Blackburn Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.