All Saints' Catholic High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,404 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.9
Academy sponsor led
Mercia Northridge School
- Pupils on roll
- —of 900 places
- Free school meals
- —
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 159
- Ofsted
- Not yet inspected under this URN
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Chaucer School (URN 138414, until 1 September 2026).
What the data says
Of the 166 pupils who finished Year 11 at Mercia Northridge School in 2023, 17% moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
20% 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 29.3 against 46.1 across England and 43.2 in Sheffield, with 16% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 21% of the year group took it, against 6% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Mercia Northridge School | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 166 | 5,938 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 72% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 66% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 6% | 36% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 17% | 8% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 20% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Mercia Northridge School | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 29.3 | 43.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 16% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 11% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.38 | 3.84 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 62% | 36% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 25.3 | 30.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 35.7 | 50.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 18% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 159 | 100% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 40% |
| Mathematics | 159 | 100% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 50% |
| English Literature | 159 | 100% | 86% | 4% | 21% | 38% |
| Combined Science | 136 | 86% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 29% |
| History | 59 | 37% | 41% | 5% | 26% | 31% |
| Art and Design | 38 | 24% | 7% | 5% | 24% | 39% |
| Geography | 35 | 22% | 41% | 6% | 25% | 49% |
| Photography | 33 | 21% | 6% | 6% | 19% | 55% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 16% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 36% |
| French | 14 | 9% | 18% | 7% | 29% | 50% |
| Arabic | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Spanish | 3 | 2% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Statistics | 3 | 2% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Persian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 107 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 42 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 20 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 19 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 15 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 10 | — | — |
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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.