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Best secondary schools in Sheffield

26 of 28 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Sheffield schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 22 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Mercia School Sheffield 2.09 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 High Storrs School Sheffield 0.87 Good oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 King Ecgbert School Sheffield 0.81 Not judged about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Notre Dame High School Sheffield 0.69 Good oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Silverdale School Sheffield hidden gem 0.58 Good declining about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Tapton School & Sixth Form Sheffield 0.54 Not judged oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 All Saints' Catholic High School Sheffield 0.05 Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Meadowhead School Academy Trust Sheffield 0.04 Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 King Edward VII School Sheffield hidden gem -0.12 Good about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Forge Valley School & Sixth Form Sheffield -0.18 Good improving about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 Newfield Secondary School Sheffield hidden gem -0.19 Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Westfield School Sheffield -0.21 Requires improvement about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 Ecclesfield School Sheffield -0.22 Good about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 The Birley Academy Sheffield -0.28 Not judged about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Yewlands Academy Sheffield -0.35 Not judged about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 E-Act Parkwood Academy Sheffield hidden gem -0.42 Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 Lift Firth Park Sheffield -0.45 Not judged undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 Bradfield Secondary School Sheffield -0.47 Not judged about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
19 Outwood Academy City Sheffield -0.51 Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
20 UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park Sheffield -0.51 Good — approximate
21 Sheffield Springs Academy Sheffield -0.62 Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
22 Handsworth Grange Community Sports College Sheffield -0.64 Not judged declining about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
23 Sheffield Park Academy Sheffield hidden gem -0.65 Good improving about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 Stocksbridge High School Sheffield hidden gem -0.77 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 UTC Sheffield City Centre Sheffield -1.0 Not judged — approximate
26 Chaucer School Sheffield -1.14 Not judged undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Sheffield

2 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Sheffield, not a fairer one.

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