Sheffield Park Academy, Sheffield

In 2026, pupils at Sheffield Park Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Sheffield and 47 across England.

30% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Sheffield and 47% in England.

That is up from 35.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.65: pupils made well below 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 32.8, against 42.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 208 families put Sheffield Park Academy as their first choice and 403 named it as one of their preferences, for 238 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 4 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Sheffield Park Academy are Sheffield Springs Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.4); Outwood Academy City (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.1); Oasis Academy Don Valley (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 34.3); and UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.4).

Sheffield Park Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Sheffield Park Academy is one of 98 schools run by United Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49 in 2024/25.

Of the 197 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 41% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 94 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 59% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 15% into work. 4% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

56.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 41.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (37%), Asian (21%) and Black (14%).

In 2026, 161 pupils (13.6%) received SEN support and 34 (2.9%) 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.

Sheffield Park Academy had 58 teachers in 2026, one for every 21 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Darnall Rail Station, about 1180 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Prince of Wales Road/Parkway (near), 100 metres away.

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

In 2024/25, Sheffield Park Academy issued 1156 suspensions, 95.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 12 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Sheffield Park Academy are Pipworth Community Primary School (0.1 miles), Acres Hill Community Primary School (0.4 miles), St Theresa's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles) and Woodthorpe Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.