Bradfield School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Jun 3 2025 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
1021 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
49.6%
Girls
50.4%
First language not English
4.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.8%
Persistent absence
14.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.4%
Mixed 6.8%
Other White 2.5%
African 1.7%
Other 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
Caribbean 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 38%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.1
Local authority average 43.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.31
Local authority average 3.83
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award35
Art & DesignGCSE46
BiologyGCSE68
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
ChemistryGCSE68
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE56
English LanguageGCSE203
English LiteratureGCSE204
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE64
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Bradfield School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
218
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
176
2nd preference
128
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
176
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
3
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 classes24.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
185
93
92
Year 8
237
114
123
Year 9
199
95
104
Year 10
190
98
92
Year 11
210
106
104
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
83.3%
85.5%
Further education
38.0%
38.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
46.0%
36.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
8.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
7.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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