Discovery Academy
State-Funded School
Not published
No overall grade
About the School
Discovery Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 7–16, located in Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber.
It currently serves 121 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Quality ofeducation
Good
Personaldevelopment
Good
Behaviour &attitudes
Good
Academic Performance
No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
74%Boys
26%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 7 – 16
- Total pupils
- 121
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2025 | Good | Good | Good | Good | Not judged |
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.
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