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Westfield School

  • Secondary
  • Academy sponsor led
  • Ages 11 to 16

URN 145562 · Sheffield · CHORUS EDUCATION TRUST

In Sheffield

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest report card inspection

20 January 2026
Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met

Full inspection (section 5)

Report cards, used from 10 November 2025, grade each area on a five-point scale and give no overall grade. Safeguarding is met or not met.

Earlier inspection, different framework

Earlier graded inspection

19 April 2023

Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement

Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

First full inspection as an academy

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness 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

11.2%

England
8.4%

2.8 percentage points higher than England.

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Overall absence
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/18Not published5.5%
2018/196.5%5.5%
2020/215.4%5.5%
2021/229.8%9.0%
2022/239.5%9.0%
2023/249.3%8.9%
2024/2511.2%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

30.6%

England
23.4%

7.2 percentage points higher than England.

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Persistent absence
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/18Not published13.9%
2018/1918.2%13.7%
2020/2116.1%14.8%
2021/2227.4%27.7%
2022/2326.1%26.5%
2023/2424.7%25.6%
2024/2530.6%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

6.3%

England
3.9%

2.4 percentage points higher than England.

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Severe absence
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/18Not published1.2%
2018/191.9%1.3%
2020/211.2%1.5%
2021/223.6%2.7%
2022/234.3%3.4%
2023/243.9%3.8%
2024/256.3%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

23.36

England
21.24

2.12 higher than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/18Not published10.13
2018/1926.0410.75
2019/2034.547.43
2020/2130.448.48
2021/2244.3413.96
2022/2334.5418.90
2023/2423.8622.61
2024/2523.3621.24

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

0.30

England
0.23

0.07 higher than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolEngland
2017/18Not published0.20
2018/190.090.20
2019/200.090.13
2020/210.090.10
2021/220.340.16
2022/230.320.22
2023/240.380.25
2024/250.300.23

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)

37.2

Sheffield
46.2
England
47.4

10.2 lower than England.

38.043.549.02021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
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Attainment 8
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/22Not publishedNot published49.8
2022/23Not publishedNot published47.2
2023/2443.9Not published46.9
2024/2541.5Not published47.1
2025/26 (provisional)37.246.247.4

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)

53%

Sheffield
65%
England
66%

13 percentage points lower than England.

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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%
2024/2557%Not published66%
2025/26 (provisional)53%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)

33%

Sheffield
48%
England
48%

15 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%
2023/2447%Not published47%
2024/2538%Not published47%
2025/26 (provisional)33%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

27.6%

Sheffield
33.0%
England
25.8%

1.8 percentage points higher than England.

21.726.932.22021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/2223.1%28.2%20.9%
2022/2324.3%29.8%22.7%
2023/2424.2%31.0%24.1%
2024/2527.6%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

18.2%

Sheffield
14.0%
England
13.4%

4.8 percentage points higher than England.

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SEN support
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/2218.2%12.9%11.9%
2022/2316.5%13.6%12.4%
2023/2416.5%13.7%12.9%
2024/2518.2%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

2.6%

Sheffield
2.8%
England
3.1%

0.5 percentage points lower than England.

1.42.23.02021/222022/232023/242024/25
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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/221.3%1.6%2.2%
2022/231.8%2.1%2.4%
2023/242.0%2.5%2.7%
2024/252.6%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

2.0%

Sheffield
22.8%
England
19.2%

17.2 percentage points lower than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2021/221.2%19.9%17.5%
2022/231.2%21.3%18.1%
2023/241.5%21.8%18.6%
2024/252.0%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

18.9

Sheffield
17.9
England
17.3

1.6 higher than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published16.5
2018/19Not publishedNot published16.8
2019/2020.7Not published17.2
2020/2118.1Not published17.1
2021/2218.0Not published17.1
2022/2319.2Not published17.2
2023/2419.3Not published17.4
2024/2520.0Not published17.3
2025/2618.917.917.3

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

4.7 days

Sheffield
4.9 days
England
5.0 days

0.3 days lower than England.

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

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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolSheffieldEngland
2017/18Not publishedNot published4.0 days
2018/194.1 daysNot published4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/214.4 daysNot published3.9 days
2021/226.4 daysNot published6.3 days
2022/2310.4 daysNot published5.2 days
2023/248.9 daysNot published5.3 days
2024/254.7 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
1,366
Capacity
1,350
Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 16
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Trust
CHORUS EDUCATION TRUST
Opened
1 December 2018
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Sheffield South East
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 8 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Eckington Road, Sothall, Sheffield, S20 1HQ

Website: www.westfield.chorustrust.org

Telephone: 01142485221

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Westfield School, URN 145562. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/145562/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.