Schools in Sheffield
186 schools in the Sheffield local authority.
Schools
186
Open schools
Pupils
83,438
2025–26 census
Good or better
93%
126 of 135 graded
Academic Performance
4.4
out of 10 · 166 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 10 7%
- Good
- 116 86%
- Requires improvement
- 7 5%
- Inadequate
- 2 1%
25 inspected since 2024, no overall grade10 superseded by a report card26 not judged4 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
4.4
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 166 of 186 schools that can be scored
Pupils
83,438
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 178 of 186 schools (83,438 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
61%Asian
13%Black
10%Mixed
9%Chinese
<1%Any other group
5%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 170 of 186 schools (81,323 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 35.6%
- First language not English
- 25.2%
- Young carers
- 1.0%
28,928 of 81,323 pupils · 170 of 186 schools
20,478 of 81,323 pupils · 170 of 186 schools
833 of 81,116 pupils · 168 of 186 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 133
- Secondary
- 30
- All-through
- 3
- Special
- 13
- Nursery
- 2
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 4
Top primary schools in Sheffield
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Malin Bridge Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Oughtibridge Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 4.Mosborough Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 5.Brightside Nursery and Infant SchoolSheffield · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 6.Stannington Infant SchoolSheffield · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 7.St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam)Sheffield · Primary9.2/10Outstanding
- 8.Totley Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary8.8/10
- 9.Bradfield Dungworth Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary8.7/10Good
- 10.Westways Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary8.6/10Good
- 11.Hallam Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary8.5/10
- 12.St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary8.5/10Good
- 13.Carter Knowle Junior SchoolSheffield · Primary8.3/10Good
- 14.Loxley Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary8.3/10
- 15.St John Fisher Primary, A Catholic Voluntary AcademySheffield · Primary8.1/10Good
- 16.Wisewood Community Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary8.1/10Good
- 17.Angram Bank Primary SchoolSheffield · Primary8.0/10Good
- 18.St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademySheffield · Primary8.0/10Good
- 19.St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary AcademySheffield · Primary7.9/10Good
- 20.Charnock Hall Primary AcademySheffield · Primary7.7/10Good
Top secondary schools in Sheffield
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Mercia SchoolSheffield · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.High Storrs SchoolSheffield · Secondary8.9/10Good
- 3.Tapton SchoolSheffield · Secondary8.8/10
- 4.King Ecgbert SchoolSheffield · Secondary8.7/10
- 5.Silverdale SchoolSheffield · Secondary8.6/10Good
- 6.Notre Dame High SchoolSheffield · Secondary8.0/10Good
- 7.King Edward VII SchoolSheffield · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 8.All Saints' Catholic High SchoolSheffield · Secondary7.6/10Good
- 9.Bradfield SchoolSheffield · Secondary7.6/10
- 10.Forge Valley SchoolSheffield · Secondary6.9/10Good
- 11.Astrea Academy SheffieldSheffield · Secondary6.1/10Good
- 12.Newfield Secondary SchoolSheffield · Secondary6.1/10Good
- 13.Meadowhead School Academy TrustSheffield · Secondary5.7/10Good
- 14.UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy ParkSheffield · Secondary3.6/10Good
- 15.Outwood Academy CitySheffield · Secondary3.2/10
- 16.Hinde House 2-16 AcademySheffield · Secondary2.9/10Good
- 17.Ecclesfield SchoolSheffield · Secondary2.8/10Good
- 18.Sheffield Springs AcademySheffield · Secondary2.8/10
- 19.Stocksbridge High SchoolSheffield · Secondary2.0/10Good
- 20.Yewlands AcademySheffield · Secondary2.0/10
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About schools in Sheffield
- How many schools are there in Sheffield?
- Sheffield has 186 open schools — 133 primary, 30 secondary, 13 special, 2 nursery, teaching 83,438 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Sheffield are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 126 of the 135 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 93% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 10 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 186: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Sheffield?
- 4.4 out of 10, averaged across the 166 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Sheffield schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 51 schools in Sheffield currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Sheffield local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Sheffield covers 186 schools and sits in the Yorkshire and The Humber region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Sheffield are eligible for free school meals?
- 35.6% — 28,928 of 81,323 pupils at the 170 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the Yorkshire and The Humber region.