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Fir Vale Academy

ages 11–16 · no sixth formSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber · Sheffield S4 8GBTrust: United Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
931of 1,050 places
Free school meals
72.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
Ofsted
Inspected, 25 February 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Fir Vale School (URN 138925, until 1 July 2025).

What the data says

Fir Vale Academy has no sixth form. Of the 180 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 37% moved to a sixth form college, 18% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

20% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 37% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% 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.

Fir Vale Academy
Sheffield
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureFir Vale AcademySheffieldEngland
Pupils in the cohort1805,938607,348
Any sustained destination67%89%92%
Stayed in education64%84%86%
— school sixth form9%36%34%
— sixth form college37%8%13%
— further education college18%38%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%3%3%
Employment2%2%3%
No sustained destination20%7%6%
Destination unknown13%4%3%

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

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
English Language18989%6%20%39%
Mathematics18988%4%22%35%
English Literature18986%5%21%41%
Combined Science18565%5%9%26%
Citizenship Studies473%4%19%47%
Business Studies4718%4%20%38%
Geography4041%8%25%40%
History3441%26%26%62%
Fine Art309%7%28%10%
Photography216%0%19%19%
Religious Studies1931%5%32%58%
Urdu131%23%42%46%
Arabic121%42%47%67%
Statistics115%45%20%82%
Computer Science913%22%30%67%
Spanish619%0%27%33%
Turkish10%71%
Persian10%77%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies43
Speech and Drama38
Hospitality / Catering Studies33
Childcare Skills30
Engineering Studies28
Dance: General25
Health Studies24
Computer Appreciation / Introduction11

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.