Bradfield School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Dec 6 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sheffield
Unique reference
147788
Address
Kirk Edge Road, S35 0AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1080 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
4.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.7%
Persistent absence
22.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.8%
Mixed 7.1%
Unclassified 3.5%
Other White 2.7%
African 1.7%
Other 1%
Other Asian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.45
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.8
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.02
Local authority average 3.85
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
Health StudiesTechnical Award30
Art & DesignGCSE54
BiologyGCSE157
Business Studies:SingleGCSE42
ChemistryGCSE156
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
Applied EngineeringGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bradfield School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
189
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
176
2nd preference
141
3rd preference
67
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
174
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
238
115
123
Year 8
211
107
104
Year 9
192
99
93
Year 10
214
109
105
Year 11
225
118
107
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
84.2%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
52.0%
37.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
8.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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