High Storrs School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 30 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sheffield
Unique reference
145455
Address
High Storrs Road, S11 7LH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1668 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
5.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.1%
Persistent absence
12.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.1%
Mixed 7.2%
Other White 3.6%
Pakistani 2.6%
Unclassified 1.3%
African 1.1%
Chinese 1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Indian 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Other 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 70%
Local authority average 38%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 74%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60.9
Local authority average 43.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.77
Local authority average 3.83
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)34
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE47
AstronomyGCSE11
BiologyGCSE119
Business Studies:SingleGCSE75
ChemistryGCSE119
ChineseGCSE2
Classical CivilisationGCSE6
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Design & TechnologyGCSE51
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

High Storrs School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
244
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
283
2nd preference
253
3rd preference
208
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
237
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
241
124
117
Year 8
242
133
109
Year 9
242
126
116
Year 10
245
139
106
Year 11
238
116
122
Year 12
241
105
136
Year 13
217
110
107
Year 14
2
0
2
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
83.3%
85.5%
Further education
19.0%
38.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
72.0%
36.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
8.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
7.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
81.0%
64.3%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
41.0%
18.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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