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Oasis Academy Don Valley
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Oasis Academy Don Valley
General Information
Address:
Leeds Road, Sheffield, S9 3TY – View on map
Phone: 01142200400
Headteacher: Mr Peter Davies
Age range: 2-16 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026):Demand for placesFrom the government's figures on school applications and offers. We show how many children had the school as their first choice for every 10 places it offered. 22 for every 10 places means more than twice as many children put it first as there were places, so not everyone who put it first got in. 10 or fewer means there were enough places for everyone who put it first.
The figures are for families applying in the normal admissions round, and they change every year with the number of children in the area - never a guarantee for the year you apply in. Read them alongside the furthest-distance figure, if there is one. 153 families put it first for 148 places
– 10 for every 10 places.
91% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area.Applying to a school in another boroughYou can apply to any state school in England, whichever council area it's in. List it on your own council's application form - they pass it on.
Schools generally can't favour children just for living in the same borough: distance is measured the same way for everyone. Some schools do use a catchment area or feeder schools, so check the school's own admissions rules. The "out of area" figure on a school's page shows how many places went to families from other council areas last year.Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 13 · 2025 11 · 2026 10
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026):Demand for placesFrom the government's figures on school applications and offers. We show how many children had the school as their first choice for every 10 places it offered. 22 for every 10 places means more than twice as many children put it first as there were places, so not everyone who put it first got in. 10 or fewer means there were enough places for everyone who put it first.
The figures are for families applying in the normal admissions round, and they change every year with the number of children in the area - never a guarantee for the year you apply in. Read them alongside the furthest-distance figure, if there is one. 40 families put it first for 40 places
– 10 for every 10 places.
Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area.Applying to a school in another boroughYou can apply to any state school in England, whichever council area it's in. List it on your own council's application form - they pass it on.
Schools generally can't favour children just for living in the same borough: distance is measured the same way for everyone. Some schools do use a catchment area or feeder schools, so check the school's own admissions rules. The "out of area" figure on a school's page shows how many places went to families from other council areas last year.Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
1116 pupilsout of 1170 placesAt or near capacity
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 730
% eligible for free school meals: 67.6%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Sheffield average)Pupil mixA single measure of how varied a school's pupils are in their recorded ethnic backgrounds: the chance that two pupils picked at random come from different backgrounds. Higher means more mixed.
We deliberately show just this one number, compared with the area, rather than a breakdown by group - it describes how diverse a school is without labelling who its pupils are. It's worked out from the Department for Education's official school census.
English as an additional language: 54% (England 22%)English as an additional languagePupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. It says nothing about how well they speak English - many are fully fluent. A higher figure often means a school has experience supporting children who are still learning English, and a wide mix of languages in the classroom. Nationally it's about 21.6%.
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
Teacher turnover: 36.9% a year (Sheffield 15.8%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 51% moved to another school, 49% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
About this Behaviour status
We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.
Across Sheffield: suspensions by reason
Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 63 (1.7 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 3
Suspensions for bullying: 82 (2.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 36 (1.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Sheffield, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
Overall absence: 10.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 30.1%
Data year: 2024/25
About persistent absence
A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
SEN Unit and Resourced Provision
Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.
Pupils on SEN Support: 18.5%SEN SupportPupils identified as having special educational needs who get extra help arranged by the school itself, without an EHC Plan. Nationally it's roughly 1 in 7 pupils. A higher figure can mean the school takes more children with additional needs, or that it's good at spotting them - it isn't a good or bad sign on its own.
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.4%EHC Plan (EHCP)An Education, Health and Care Plan is a legal document from the council for children with greater needs, setting out support the school must provide. In mainstream schools it's usually just a few percent of pupils. Schools with an SEN Unit or Resourced Provision often have a noticeably higher figure.
Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
Speech, language and communications needs: 55 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 47 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 34 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 30 pupils
Severe learning difficulty: 23 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
Severe learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
About these SEND figures
These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.
SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.
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Wraparound CareWraparound Care (parent rating)How parents rate the school's breakfast and after-school clubs - availability, cost and quality. Only asked for infant, junior and primary schools, where it matters most for working parents.
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Educational Attainment
Ofsted report cardMay 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
SafeguardingMet
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2023). The report card above replaces that grade.
How Ofsted report cards work
Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.
Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.
SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11
Attainment 8 score: 36.8
Compared with the area: 8.8 points below the Sheffield average (45.6)
Compared with schools with similar pupils:Below(−3.6 points against an expected 40.4)Compared with schools with similar pupilsResults depend a lot on who a school teaches. Using every comparable state secondary in England, we work out the Attainment 8 score you'd expect from a school's own pupils - how many are disadvantaged, have SEN, or speak English as an additional language - and compare it with what the school actually got.
Within about 2 points either way counts as "as expected". It's one year of results and these factors explain only part of the picture, so treat it as one useful view, not a verdict.
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 48% (Sheffield 64%, England 65%)→ Broadly steady
GCSE results over timeResults over timeThe school's official results for the last three years, next to the area average and England. For London boroughs and other single councils that's the official council-wide figure; for districts within a county (like Epping Forest in Essex) it's the average of that district's own state schools, weighted by pupil numbers. We call it improving or falling only when the change is bigger than the normal wobble between one year group and the next; smaller changes are shown as broadly steady.
In small primary schools a couple of children can move the percentage a lot, so we allow for that too. A change of headteacher, a new trust or a very different intake can all shift results - worth asking the school about.
This schoolSheffield averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 8.8 points below the Sheffield average (45.6).
About the Attainment 8 score
Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.
24th of 28 all-through schools in Sheffield for Attainment 8
#22Yewlands Academy37.3
#23The Birley Academy37.2
#24Oasis Academy Don Valley36.8
#25Handsworth Grange Community Sports College36.6
#26E-Act Parkwood Academy36.5
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Attainment 8 ranking
Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.
RankSchoolScore
#1Mercia School68.1
#2High Storrs School61.0
#3Tapton School & Sixth Form58.0
#4Silverdale School56.7
#5King Ecgbert School56.1
#6Notre Dame High School52.8
#7King Edward VII School50.8
#8All Saints' Catholic High School49.9
#9Bradfield Secondary School49.2
#10Newfield Secondary School47.9
#11Forge Valley School & Sixth Form46.6
#12Meadowhead School Academy Trust46.0
#13Astrea Academy Sheffield45.4
#14UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park44.0
#15Ecclesfield School41.5
#16Westfield School41.5
#17Hinde House 2-16 Academy41.1
#18Outwood Academy City40.4
#19Stocksbridge High School39.5
#20UTC Sheffield City Centre39.0
#21Sheffield Springs Academy38.9
#22Yewlands Academy37.3
#23The Birley Academy37.2
#24Oasis Academy Don Valley36.8
#25Handsworth Grange Community Sports College36.6
#26E-Act Parkwood Academy36.5
#27Sheffield Park Academy35.1
#28Lift Firth Park32.7
Leaver Destinations
In education, employment, or training a year later: 81.0%
Went into further education: 79.0%
Data year: 2024/25
About leaver destinations
This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.
GCSE Subjects Offered
Maths (General)
English Language
English Literature
Science Double Award
German
Geography
History
Biology
Chemistry (General)
Physics (General)
Computer Science
Arabic
Art & Design
D & T
Urdu
Turkish
About this subject list
This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.
PrimaryYear 6 SATs results
Year 6 SATs resultsYear 6 SATs: expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths - all three - in their SATs (Key Stage 2). Nationally it was 62% in 2024/25. The higher standard is the top band, reached by about 8% nationally.
In a small school, one or two children can move the percentage a lot, so check how many pupils it's based on - the 3-year average, where shown, is steadier. Like any results, it reflects the pupils a school takes as well as its teaching.
Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths:
51%
(England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 8 percentage points below the Sheffield average (59%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils:As expected(3-year average 53% against an expected 56%)SATs compared with similar schoolsUsing every comparable state primary and junior school in England, we work out the share of Year 6 pupils you'd expect to meet the expected standard, from how many are disadvantaged, have SEN, or speak English as an additional language - and compare it with what the school actually achieved.
Primary year groups are small, so we use the three-year average and allow for each school's own pupil numbers: a small school needs a bigger gap before it's called above or below. These factors explain only part of the picture, so treat it as one useful view, not a verdict.
3-year average (expected standard): 53%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 61% · Writing 69% · Maths 56% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 56%
Average test scores: reading 100, maths 99SATs average scoresSATs reading and maths tests are marked on a scale from 80 to 120, where 100 means a pupil met the expected standard. This is the school's average. Nationally the averages were 106 in reading and 105 in maths in 2024/25. Writing isn't a test - it's assessed by teachers - so it has no score.
SATs results over timeResults over timeThe school's official results for the last three years, next to the area average and England. For London boroughs and other single councils that's the official council-wide figure; for districts within a county (like Epping Forest in Essex) it's the average of that district's own state schools, weighted by pupil numbers. We call it improving or falling only when the change is bigger than the normal wobble between one year group and the next; smaller changes are shown as broadly steady.
In small primary schools a couple of children can move the percentage a lot, so we allow for that too. A change of headteacher, a new trust or a very different intake can all shift results - worth asking the school about.
This schoolSheffield averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 8 percentage points below the Sheffield average (59%).
Year 6 SATs: joint 74th of 110 junior and primary schools in the area
=71Tinsley Meadows Primary School54%
=74Ecclesfield Primary School51%
=74Oasis Academy Don Valley51%
=76Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School50%
=76Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy50%
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Year 6 SATs ranking
Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.
RankSchoolScore
#1Totley Primary School92%
=2Bradfield Dungworth Primary School90%
=2Shortbrook Primary School90%
#4Loxley Primary School87%
#5Greengate Lane Academy85%
#6Oughtibridge Primary School84%
#7Dore Primary School82%
=8St John Fisher Primary, A Catholic Voluntary Academy81%
=8Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School81%
=10Carter Knowle Junior School80%
=10Nether Edge Primary School80%
#12St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy79%
=13Carfield Primary School78%
=13Norton Free Church of England Primary School78%
=13Prince Edward Primary School78%
#16St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School77%
=17Hallam Nursery & Primary School76%
=17St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy76%
#19St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam)75%
=20Athelstan Primary School73%
=20Westways Primary School73%
#22Angram Bank Primary School72%
=23Charnock Hall Primary Academy71%
=23Malin Bridge Primary School71%
=23Marlcliffe Community Primary School71%
=23St Mary's Church of England Primary School71%
=27Oasis Academy Watermead70%
=27Stocksbridge Junior School70%
=29Anns Grove Primary School69%
=29Halfway Junior School69%
=29Mosborough Primary School69%
=29Sacred Heart School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy69%
=33Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School68%
=33Wisewood Nursery & Primary School68%
=35St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy67%
=35Walkley Primary School67%
=37Deepcar St John's Church of England Junior School66%
=37Rivelin Primary School66%
=39Clifford All Saints CofE Primary School65%
=39Grenoside Community Primary School65%
=39High Hazels Junior School65%
=39Lydgate Junior School65%
=43Coit Primary School64%
=43Hillsborough Nursery & Primary School64%
=43Pipworth Community Primary School64%
=43Southey Green Nursery & Primary School64%
=47Birley Spa Primary Academy63%
=47Lound Junior School63%
=47Woodthorpe Primary School63%
=50Birley Primary Academy62%
=50Bradway Primary School62%
=50E-ACT Pathways Academy62%
=50Lowfield Community Primary School62%
=54Intake Primary School61%
=54Meynell Nursery & Primary School61%
=54Wharncliffe Side Primary School and Nursery61%
=57Nether Green Junior School60%
=57Woodseats Primary School60%
=59Abbeyfield Primary Academy59%
=59Ballifield Primary School59%
=59Emmanuel Anglican/Methodist Junior School59%
=59Lowedges Primary Academy59%
=59Stradbroke Primary School59%
#64Nook Lane Junior School58%
=65Meersbrook Bank Primary School57%
=65Netherthorpe Primary School57%
=65St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy57%
=65Whiteways Primary School57%
=69Hucklow Primary School55%
=69Pye Bank CofE Primary School55%
=71Bankwood Primary School54%
=71Brunswick Community Primary School54%
=71Tinsley Meadows Primary School54%
=74Ecclesfield Primary School51%
=74Oasis Academy Don Valley51%
=76Manor Lodge Community Primary and Nursery School50%
=76Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy50%
=76St Ann's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy50%
=79Gleadless Primary School49%
=79Phillimore Community Primary School49%
=81Brook House Junior48%
=81Owler Brook Primary School48%
#83Astrea Academy Sheffield47%
#84Woodhouse West Primary School46%
=85Acres Hill Community Primary School45%
=85Lower Meadow Primary School45%
=85Monteney Primary School45%
=85Rainbow Forge Primary Academy45%
=89Hartley Brook Primary School44%
=89Windmill Hill Primary School44%
=91High Green Primary School43%
=91Springfield Primary School43%
=93Arbourthorne Community Primary School42%
=93St Theresa's Catholic Primary School42%
#95Byron Wood Primary Academy41%
#96Mansel Primary40%
#97Woodlands Primary School39%
=98Greenhill Primary School38%
=98Hinde House 2-16 Academy38%
=98Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School38%
#101Oasis Academy Fir Vale37%
=102Norfolk Community Primary School36%
=102Parson Cross Church of England Primary School36%
A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.
27th of 29 all-through schools in Sheffield for spending per pupil
#25UTC Sheffield City Centre£6,980
#26Mercia School£6,677
#27Oasis Academy Don Valley£6,565
#28High Storrs School£6,283
#29Fir Vale Academy£1,886
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Spending Per Pupil ranking
Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.
RankSchoolScore
#1Sheffield Springs Academy£8,592
#2Sheffield Park Academy£8,444
#3Newfield Secondary School£8,416
#4Silverdale School£8,313
#5King Edward VII School£8,216
#6Hinde House 2-16 Academy£8,110
#7Handsworth Grange Community Sports College£8,098
