Notre Dame High School, Sheffield

In its own words: "Notre Dame High School is a popular and successful Catholic co-educational Academy with a very wide catchment area drawing on all parts of the city and beyond. It has 1506 students, including 434 in the Sixth Form. The school population includes 52.9% of children from various ethnic minority groups."

In 2026, pupils at Notre Dame High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 58.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Sheffield and 47 across England.

64% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Sheffield and 47% in England.

That is up from 52.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.69: 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 46.9, against 61.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Biology and Physics.

For September 2026 entry, 260 families put Notre Dame High School as their first choice and 488 named it as one of their preferences, for 210 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 61 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Notre Dame High School are Tapton School & Sixth Form (0.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 59.1); King Edward VII School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.9); High Storrs School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 59.7); and Silverdale School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 61.3).

Notre Dame High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Notre Dame High School is one of 13 schools run by St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 213 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 18% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 210 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 61% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 21% into work. 37% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

16.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 27.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (47%), Black (20%) and Asian (11%).

In 2026, 160 pupils (10.7%) received SEN support and 33 (2.2%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Notre Dame High School has a resourced provision.

The nearest tram or metro stop is University of Sheffield to Middlewood, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Fulwood Road/Tapton Park Road (opposite), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Notre Dame High School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Notre Dame High School issued 151 suspensions, 10.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Notre Dame High School are St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.1 miles); Lydgate Junior School (0.3 miles); Lydgate Infant School (0.5 miles); and Nether Green Junior School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.