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Sheffield High School GDST

Girls · ages 3–19 · with sixth formSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber · Sheffield S10 2PESchool website
Pupils on roll
695of 1,163 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
97
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Ashdell Preparatory School (URN 107161, until 6 September 2017).

What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Sheffield High School GDST’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

A level grades average A, well above the England average of B-; 49% of students achieved AAB or better including two facilitating subjects (England 18%). The largest A level subjects are Biology, Mathematics and Chemistry.

Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 36% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Sheffield and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureSheffield High School GDSTSheffieldEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)20.743.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%42%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%38%41%
EBacc average point score1.373.844.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort36%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language22%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
History4849%41%73%26%98%
Geography4546%41%76%25%100%
Fine Art3536%9%80%28%100%
Religious Studies2829%31%82%32%100%
Business Studies2324%18%83%20%100%
Combined Science1212%65%0%9%100%
Physical Education1212%11%92%24%100%
Computer Science1212%13%75%30%92%
Geology1010%0%90%61%100%
Music1010%5%100%33%100%
Economics1010%1%90%34%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition55%8%21%
Latin55%1%74%
Classical Greek22%0%92%
Chinese22%1%75%
Modern Greek11%0%33%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureSheffield High School GDSTSheffieldEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study149
— of whom A level students732,294261,341
Average A level gradeAC+B-
Average points per A level entry48.4734.9535.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsAB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects49%19%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Biology3244%20%
Mathematics2332%31%
Chemistry2230%17%
Psychology1723%23%
English Literature1419%11%
History1419%13%
Fine Art1318%3%
Economics1115%13%
Sociology811%13%
Religious Studies811%4%
Politics811%6%
Geography710%10%
Business Studies68%13%
Spanish2%
Chinese0%
Classical Civilisation1%
Computer Science5%
Drama2%
English Language4%
French1%
Geology0%
Latin0%
Further Mathematics5%
Physical Education3%
Physics12%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)4663%

Other secondary schools in Sheffield

Ecclesfield School

Academy sponsor led · 1,711 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.