Firth Park Academy

State-Funded School

firth-park-academy-sheffield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

SheffieldLocal Authority

Sheffield Brightside and HillsboroughConstituency

S5 0SDPostcode

1.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

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

It currently serves 1,115 pupils. Firth Park Academy is part of LIFT SCHOOLS.

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: 32.7
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 24.6%
EBacc average point score: 2.94

Ethnicity

White

38%

Asian

25%

Black

15%

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

1,115

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

56%

England average

27%

First language not English

42%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

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: 1,115
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: LIFT SCHOOLS

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
8 Sept 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Not judged
8 Jul 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.