Mercia Northridge School, Sheffield
Mercia Northridge School is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Sheffield, part of Mercia Learning Trust.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Sheffield (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Mercia Northridge School in detail
Results
Mercia Northridge School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2026, as Chaucer School (URN 138414), its pupils had an average Attainment 8 score of 33.6 and 22% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above in the 2026 GCSE results.
Getting a place at Mercia Northridge School
Across Sheffield, 89% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Sheffield lodged 358 appeals against secondary school offers; 249 reached a hearing and 73 succeeded (29.3% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Mercia Northridge School are Chaucer School (under 0.1 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 33.6); Yewlands Academy (0.6 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 39.9); E-Act Parkwood Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 43.9); and Lift Firth Park (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.7).
Chaucer SchoolYewlands AcademyE-Act Parkwood AcademyLift Firth Park
The trust
Mercia Northridge 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.
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Middlewood Supertram Platform, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.
16 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wordsworth Avenue/Deerlands Avenue (adjacent), 90 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Mercia Northridge School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Mercia Northridge School are Meynell Nursery & Primary School (0.3 miles), Fox Hill Primary (0.4 miles), Mansel Primary (0.4 miles) and Parson Cross Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
Meynell Nursery & Primary SchoolFox Hill PrimaryMansel PrimaryParson Cross Church of England Primary School
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Mercia Northridge School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in September 2026. Before that, as Chaucer School (URN 138414), it was rated Requires Improvement in November 2018. See Chaucer School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Chaucer School before it took its current form in 2026 (GCSE)
Academic year 2025/26Published for Chaucer School (URN 138414), the school Mercia Northridge School replaced. There are no figures for Mercia Northridge School yet, so these are shown separately.
GCSE Results
2025/26 academic year
Progress 8 has remained stable at around -1.14 (2023 to 2024). Attainment 8 has improved from 30.4 to 33.6 (2023 to 2026). GCSE English & Maths 5+ has remained stable at around 22% (2023 to 2026).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with Mercia Northridge School
Term dates
Mercia Northridge School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Sheffield's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Mercia Northridge School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Mercia Northridge School is in Sheffield; for families living there:
- Sheffield's school travel policy: Home to School Travel and Transport Policy September 2023
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 27
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 10
- Children hurt
- 8
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 27 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 10 serious and 16 slight.
8 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
9 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Sheffield is 17 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Chaucer School before it took its current form in 2026
Published for Chaucer School (URN 138414), the school Mercia Northridge School replaced. There are no figures for Mercia Northridge School yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 158 | 122 | 233 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 126 | 95 | 196 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 139 | 114 | 216 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 170 | 113 | 193 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2022 | 177 | 129 | 219 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 161 | 154 | 252 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 179 | 141 | 267 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 180 | 145 | 253 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 179 | 174 | 268 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 172 | 162 | 260 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2016 | 209 | 199 | 320 | 1.0 | 7 |
| 2015 | 185 | 156 | 266 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 2014 | 149 | 140 | 232 | 0.9 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Sheffield
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Sheffield
Across Sheffield council
Places available
6,421
Applications
6,416
Got 1st preference
88.7%
Got preferred school
96.6%
All secondary applications across Sheffield council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at Chaucer School before it took its current form in 20262024/25
Published for Chaucer School (URN 138414), the school Mercia Northridge School replaced. There are no figures for Mercia Northridge School yet, so these are shown separately.
12.5%
Overall absence
37.6%
Persistent absence
902
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Mercia Northridge School
Showing 10 of 14 linked schools
Questions parents ask about Mercia Northridge School
Are there exam results for Mercia Northridge School?
Mercia Northridge School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2026, as Chaucer School (URN 138414), its pupils had an average Attainment 8 score of 33.6 and 22% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above in the 2026 GCSE results.
What is Mercia Northridge School's Ofsted rating?
Mercia Northridge School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in September 2026. Before that, as Chaucer School (URN 138414), it was rated Requires Improvement in November 2018.
What is the catchment area for Mercia Northridge School?
No fixed boundary. When Mercia Northridge School is oversubscribed, Sheffield allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Mercia Northridge School?
Apply through Sheffield's coordinated admissions process, naming Mercia Northridge School on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Mercia Northridge School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 27 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 10 serious and 16 slight. 8 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 4 on foot, 1 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 9 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Sheffield is 17 (the median across 193 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Mercia Northridge School?
Mercia Northridge School is at Wordsworth Avenue, South Yorkshire, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 8NH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)