Joshua Mangas
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UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park

  • Secondary
  • University technical college
  • Ages 13 to 19

URN 142605 · Sheffield · THE SHEFFIELD UTC ACADEMY TRUST

In Sheffield

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

30 January 2019

Overall effectiveness
Good

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Ungraded inspection

13 November 2024

“Standards maintained”

An ungraded inspection checks that the school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection. It does not give a new grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Attendance

Against Sheffield and England, secondary schools.

Overall absence

2024/25

10.5%

England
8.4%

2.1 percentage points higher than England.

5.28.211.12017/182024/25
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Overall absence
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/184.7%5.5%
2018/195.7%5.5%
2020/217.3%5.5%
2021/229.8%9.0%
2022/239.8%9.0%
2023/2411.6%8.9%
2024/2510.5%8.4%

Sessions missed for any reason, as a share of all possible sessions in the school year. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Persistent absence

2024/25

32.2%

England
23.4%

8.8 percentage points higher than England.

13.823.633.32017/182024/25
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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/1812.3%13.9%
2018/1916.3%13.7%
2020/2122.8%14.8%
2021/2233.1%27.7%
2022/2329.9%26.5%
2023/2434.8%25.6%
2024/2532.2%23.4%

Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Severe absence

2024/25

5.1%

England
3.9%

1.2 percentage points higher than England.

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Severe absence
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/180.5%1.2%
2018/190.0%1.3%
2020/211.0%1.5%
2021/221.9%2.7%
2022/233.9%3.4%
2023/245.3%3.8%
2024/255.1%3.9%

Pupils who missed 50% or more of their possible sessions, as a share of pupils. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Sheffield and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

15.28

England
21.24

5.96 lower than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/1814.9810.13
2018/1918.3610.75
2019/2026.107.43
2020/2114.948.48
2021/2219.0613.96
2022/2311.7018.90
2023/2422.5422.61
2024/2515.2821.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.67

England
0.23

0.44 higher than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/180.000.20
2018/190.000.20
2019/200.240.13
2020/210.000.10
2021/220.000.16
2022/230.000.22
2023/240.000.25
2024/250.670.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Key stage 4 results

Against Sheffield and England, secondary schools.

Attainment 8

2025/26 (provisional)

41.4

Sheffield
46.2
England
47.4

6.0 lower than England.

42.045.649.22021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published49.8
2022/23Not publishedNot published47.2
2023/2442.6Not published46.9
2024/2544.0Not published47.1
2025/26 (provisional)41.446.247.4

The average of pupils' points across eight GCSE-level qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 4 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

66%

Sheffield
65%
England
66%

The same as England.

6568702021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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English and maths: grade 4 or above
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published70%
2022/23Not publishedNot published67%
2023/2467%Not published67%
2024/2568%Not published66%
2025/26 (provisional)66%65%66%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 4 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

English and maths: grade 5 or above

2025/26 (provisional)

34%

Sheffield
48%
England
48%

14 percentage points lower than England.

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English and maths: grade 5 or above
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published51%
2022/23Not publishedNot published46%
2023/2438%Not published47%
2024/2544%Not published47%
2025/26 (provisional)34%48%48%

Pupils at the end of key stage 4 with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Key stage 4 performance, 2025/26.

Pupils

Against Sheffield and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

30.8%

Sheffield
33.0%
England
25.8%

5.0 percentage points higher than England.

21.726.932.22021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/2223.8%28.2%20.9%
2022/2326.1%29.8%22.7%
2023/2428.9%31.0%24.1%
2024/2530.8%33.0%25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

12.8%

Sheffield
14.0%
England
13.4%

0.6 percentage points lower than England.

9.911.813.72021/222022/232023/242024/25
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SEN support
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/2211.3%12.9%11.9%
2022/2310.3%13.6%12.4%
2023/249.6%13.7%12.9%
2024/2512.8%14.0%13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

0.9%

Sheffield
2.8%
England
3.1%

2.2 percentage points lower than England.

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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/220.9%1.6%2.2%
2022/231.4%2.1%2.4%
2023/241.6%2.5%2.7%
2024/250.9%2.8%3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

16.4%

Sheffield
22.8%
England
19.2%

2.8 percentage points lower than England.

11.116.622.02021/222022/232023/242024/25
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First language other than English
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/2213.4%19.9%17.5%
2022/2310.3%21.3%18.1%
2023/2412.7%21.8%18.6%
2024/2516.4%22.8%19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Sheffield and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

15.6

Sheffield
17.9
England
17.3

1.7 lower than England.

14.416.518.62017/182025/26
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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2017/1815.9Not published16.5
2018/1914.1Not published16.8
2019/2016.1Not published17.2
2020/2116.6Not published17.1
2021/2217.9Not published17.1
2022/2316.9Not published17.2
2023/2416.5Not published17.4
2024/2518.9Not published17.3
2025/2615.617.917.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

6.6 days

Sheffield
4.9 days
England
5.0 days

1.6 days higher than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

1.94.26.52017/182024/25
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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2017/181.7 daysNot published4.0 days
2018/193.9 daysNot published4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/211.5 daysNot published3.9 days
2021/226.9 daysNot published6.3 days
2022/233.6 daysNot published5.2 days
2023/242.8 daysNot published5.3 days
2024/256.6 days4.9 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
445
Capacity
600
Type
University technical college
Phase
Secondary
Age range
13 to 19
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Gender
Mixed
Trust
THE SHEFFIELD UTC ACADEMY TRUST
Opened
1 September 2016
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Sheffield South East
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 1 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: 2 Old Hall Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 3TU

Website: www.utcsheffield.org.uk

Telephone: 01143084000

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