Academy sponsor led

Oasis Academy Don Valley

Mixed · ages 2–16 · no sixth formSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber · Sheffield S9 3TYTrust: Oasis Community Learning
Pupils on roll
1,116of 1,170 places
Free school meals
67.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
121
Ofsted
Report card, 19 May 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says

Oasis Academy Don Valley has no sixth form. Of the 114 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 17% moved to a sixth form college, 33% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

16% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.8 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%).

German is unusually popular at GCSE: 64% of the year group took it, against 5% 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.

Oasis Academy Don Valley
Sheffield
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureOasis Academy Don ValleySheffieldEngland
Pupils in the cohort1145,938607,348
Any sustained destination81%89%92%
Stayed in education79%84%86%
— school sixth form28%36%34%
— sixth form college17%8%13%
— further education college33%38%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%3%3%
Employment1%2%3%
No sustained destination16%7%6%
Destination unknown4%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureOasis Academy Don ValleySheffieldEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)36.843.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%42%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths48%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects68%38%41%
EBacc average point score3.533.844.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort64%36%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils32.230.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils44.750.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language65%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
Mathematics12099%88%17%22%50%
English Language12099%89%18%20%58%
English Literature10889%86%19%21%65%
Combined Science8772%65%0%9%26%
German7764%5%6%33%45%
Geography6755%41%10%25%27%
History4436%41%32%26%45%
Biology3327%23%42%45%94%
Physics3226%23%44%46%88%
Chemistry3226%23%44%47%100%
Computer Science1916%13%5%30%63%
Arabic97%1%33%47%67%
Fine Art97%9%0%28%33%
Design and Technology87%11%0%23%13%
Urdu76%1%57%42%86%
Turkish11%0%71%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management50
Hospitality / Catering Studies34
Health Studies32
Sports Studies16

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.