Academy sponsor led

E-Act Parkwood Academy

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber · Sheffield S5 8ULTrust: E-ActSchool website
Pupils on roll
886of 930 places
Free school meals
54.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
156
Ofsted
School remains Good, 29 March 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Parkwood High School (URN 132163, until 1 September 2009).

What the data says

E-Act Parkwood Academy has no sixth form. Of the 140 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 26% moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.5 against 46.1 across England and 43.2 in Sheffield, with 27% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 77% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

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.

E-Act Parkwood Academy
Sheffield
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureE-Act Parkwood AcademySheffieldEngland
Pupils in the cohort1405,938607,348
Any sustained destination84%89%92%
Stayed in education79%84%86%
— school sixth form17%36%34%
— sixth form college26%8%13%
— further education college36%38%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship3%3%3%
Employment1%2%3%
No sustained destination11%7%6%
Destination unknown5%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureE-Act Parkwood AcademySheffieldEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)36.543.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%42%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths48%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects24%38%41%
EBacc average point score3.243.844.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort51%36%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils31.630.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils41.650.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language38%22%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
Mathematics15599%88%8%22%53%
English Literature15599%86%10%21%52%
English Language15499%89%6%20%47%
Combined Science14291%65%1%9%52%
Statistics12077%5%4%20%56%
Geography6441%41%13%25%53%
History6240%41%6%26%48%
Fine Art3824%9%5%28%47%
Design and Technology3321%11%0%23%3%
Music3221%5%6%33%56%
Spanish3019%19%23%27%70%
Religious Studies2516%31%28%32%80%
Physics138%23%38%46%92%
Chemistry138%23%54%47%92%
Biology138%23%54%45%92%
Drama117%7%9%27%45%
Arabic85%1%88%47%100%
Portuguese32%0%50%
Chinese21%1%75%
Italian21%0%53%
Photography11%6%19%
French11%18%29%
Art and Design11%7%24%
Turkish11%0%71%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports / Movement Science39
Hospitality / Catering Studies32
Computer Appreciation / Introduction24
Computer Appreciation / Introduction1

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.