King Ecgbert School, Sheffield

In 2026, pupils at King Ecgbert School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 57.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Sheffield and 47 across England.

72% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Sheffield and 47% in England.

That is up from 56.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.81: pupils made well above 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 45.6, against 60.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Art and Design, Geography and Physics.

For September 2026 entry, 253 families put King Ecgbert School as their first choice and 625 named it as one of their preferences, for 258 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 32 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to King Ecgbert School are Aldine House Secure Children's Centre (0.9 miles); Silverdale School (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 61.3); High Storrs School (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 59.7); and Mercia School (2.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 66.6).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than King Ecgbert School.

King Ecgbert School is one of 8 schools run by Mercia Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 56.9 in 2024/25.

205 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about King Ecgbert School (as of September 2025): 91% would recommend the school, 91% say their child is happy there and 71% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (91%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (71%).

Of the 204 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 26% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 177 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 66% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 28% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 80 pupils (5.1%) received SEN support and 79 (5%) 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 autism.

King Ecgbert School has a resourced provision for autism.

The nearest railway station is Dore & Totley Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Furniss Avenue/King Ecgbert Road (near), 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood King Ecgbert School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 47 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Sheffield (267).

In 2024/25, King Ecgbert School issued 68 suspensions, 4.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to King Ecgbert School are Dore Primary School (0.3 miles), Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (0.5 miles), Totley Primary School (0.5 miles) and Bradway Primary School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.