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Bradfield Secondary School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber · Sheffield S35 0AETrust: Inova Multi-Academy Trust LimitedSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,006of 1,200 places
Free school meals
16.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
209
Ofsted
Inspected, 3 June 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bradfield School (URN 139101, until 1 February 2020).

What the data says

Of the 198 pupils who finished Year 11 at Bradfield Secondary School in 2023, 46% stayed on in Bradfield Secondary School’s own sixth form (Sheffield average 36%), 38% went to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 49.2 against 46.1 across England and 43.2 in Sheffield, with 54% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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.

Bradfield Secondary School
Sheffield
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureBradfield Secondary SchoolSheffieldEngland
Pupils in the cohort1985,938607,348
Any sustained destination92%89%92%
Stayed in education86%84%86%
— school sixth form46%36%34%
— sixth form college1%8%13%
— further education college38%38%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship2%3%3%
Employment4%2%3%
No sustained destination6%7%6%
Destination unknown2%4%3%

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

MeasureBradfield Secondary SchoolSheffieldEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)49.243.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths54%42%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths74%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects25%38%41%
EBacc average point score4.313.844.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort14%36%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils34.030.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.750.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language4%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
Mathematics20799%88%26%22%81%
English Literature20498%86%17%21%82%
English Language20397%89%16%20%79%
Religious Studies19493%31%11%32%51%
Combined Science13766%65%1%9%58%
Geography10349%41%23%25%76%
History7737%41%25%26%56%
Chemistry6833%23%46%47%97%
Biology6833%23%46%45%99%
Physics6732%23%48%46%99%
Food Preparation and Nutrition6431%8%14%21%66%
Design and Technology5627%11%27%23%73%
Physical Education4923%11%22%24%76%
Business Studies4823%18%38%20%77%
French4722%18%34%29%83%
Art and Design4622%7%20%24%89%
Spanish2713%19%30%27%78%
Drama2311%7%22%27%70%
Computer Science2211%13%0%30%50%
Polish21%1%84%
Japanese10%0%53%
Statistics10%5%20%
Modern Hebrew10%0%83%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies35
Hospitality / Catering Studies1

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.