Tapton School & Sixth Form, Sheffield

In its own words: "The Service runs the integrated resource at Tapton School for children who have a severe or profound vision impairment, the resourced provision enables these students to fully access the school community and curriculum. The integrated resource staff provide a full package of specialist support, which includes:"

From the headteacher's welcome: "Tapton School & Sixth Form is an ambitious and inclusive 11-18 comprehensive school serving around 1,750 students, including a thriving Sixth Form of over 450. Situated in the south-west of Sheffield, close to the Peak District National Park, we are proud to be a diverse and vibrant community where every young person is known, valued and supported to succeed."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include STEM, debating and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at Tapton School & Sixth Form averaged an Attainment 8 score of 59.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Sheffield and 47 across England.

73% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Sheffield and 47% in England.

That is up from 58 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.54: 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 44.5, against 62 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

For September 2026 entry, 337 families put Tapton School & Sixth Form as their first choice and 832 named it as one of their preferences, for 267 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 91 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Tapton School & Sixth Form are Notre Dame High School (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.8); King Edward VII School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 50.9); High Storrs School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 59.7); and Forge Valley School & Sixth Form (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.4).

Tapton School & Sixth Form's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Tapton School & Sixth Form is one of 10 schools run by Inova Multi-Academy Trust Limited, an academy trust.

289 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Tapton School & Sixth Form (as of September 2025): 72% would recommend the school, 77% say their child is happy there and 43% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (87%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (43%).

Of the 286 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 24% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 233 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 64% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 14% into work. 41% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

Tapton School & Sixth Form has a resourced provision for visual impairment: 12 places, 7 pupils on roll.

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

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Darwin Lane/Tetney Road (at), 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Tapton School & Sixth Form 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, Tapton School & Sixth Form issued 241 suspensions, 13.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Tapton School & Sixth Form are Lydgate Junior School (0.2 miles); St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.3 miles); Lydgate Infant School (0.4 miles); and Nether Green Junior School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.