Westfield School, Sheffield

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades Westfield School on 6 areas: 6 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils do not secure the knowledge they need in some subjects and year groups."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Pupils' overall attendance remains too low."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "There are inconsistencies in teaching across the school."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "The school is becoming more inclusive."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "The school is led by a team that understands its strengths and weaknesses clearly."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "Leaders are redeveloping the personal, social and health education (PSHE) and relationships and sex education curriculums."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• The school should identify the needs of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged more precisely and quickly, and make sure that classroom adaptations are used consistently so these pupils get the support they need. • The school should strengthen the consistency of teaching by ensuring that staff use subject-specific vocabulary and literacy strategies effectively so pupils build secure foundational knowledge. • Leaders should ensure that assessment and feedback are used consistently so pupils address misconceptions, respond to guidance and improve the accuracy and depth of their work over time. • The school should further remove barriers and strengthen teaching to enable all pupils, particularly low and high prior attainers and disadvantaged pupils, to achieve well in assessments at the end of key stage 4. • Leaders should embed behavioural routines and expectations so that pupils' conduct and attitudes to learning are consistently positive. • Leaders should evaluate and address the specific barriers to attendance for vulnerable pupils and strengthen monitoring of persistent absence so that actions lead to sustained improvement. • Leaders should ensure that all aspects of the personal development programme are further strengthened and consistently delivered, and improve evaluation so they can address uptake, impact and pupils' experiences, particularly for vulnerable groups. • Leaders and governors should embed and evaluate the impact of recent strategic changes so that the school's provision is improved quickly and effectively".

In its own words: "I am extremely proud to lead Westfield School and determined to work alongside students, staff, parents, carers and governors to ensure Westfield becomes the outstanding school it clearly has the potential to be. My role is to ensure that students receive the education, support and opportunities they need to be able to achieve incredible things and have successful futures."

On phones, the school says: "Therefore, any mobile phones and earphones seen/heard by staff will be confiscated; students will have to collect the item from the school reception at the end of the day."

In 2026, pupils at Westfield School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.6 in Sheffield and 47 across England.

33% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Sheffield and 47% in England.

That is down from 41.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.21: pupils made 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 24.2, against 43 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 18.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and History.

For September 2026 entry, 284 families put Westfield School as their first choice and 392 named it as one of their preferences, for 270 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 14 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Westfield School are Aston Academy (2.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 45.3); Eckington School (2.5 miles, Attainment 8 44.1); Handsworth Grange Community Sports College (2.5 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 39.6); and The Birley Academy (2.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41.5).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Westfield School.

Westfield School is one of 8 schools run by Chorus Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.2 in 2024/25.

166 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Westfield School (as of April 2026): 71% would recommend the school, 67% say their child is happy there and 38% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (72%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (38%).

Of the 249 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 78% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 49% to a further education college, 12% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

2.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (88%) and Mixed (6%).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Waterthorpe Platform to Halfway, about 240 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Westfield School/Eckington Road (at), 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, Westfield School issued 310 suspensions, 23.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Westfield School are Waterthorpe Infant School (0.4 miles), Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior Academy (0.5 miles), Shortbrook Primary School (0.5 miles) and Beighton Nursery Infant School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.