Chaucer School

State-Funded School

chaucer-school-sheffield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

SheffieldLocal Authority

Sheffield Brightside and HillsboroughConstituency

S5 8NHPostcode

1.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Chaucer School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

It currently serves 722 pupils. Chaucer School is part of INOVA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 29.3
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 16.4%
EBacc average point score: 2.38

Ethnicity

White

70%

Asian

Black

11%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

722

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

61%

England average

27%

First language not English

25%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 722
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: INOVA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
22 Apr 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
25 Sept 2022	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate
20 Dec 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.