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Oasis Academy Don Valley

Leeds Road, Sheffield, S9 3TY
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

Offers reached between 0.83 and 1.2 miles in the last 2 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Sheffield City Council offer-day figures, 2025 to 2026.

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Ofsted report card · May 2026(28/29)About one first choice per place (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 3,085th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(28/29)Rank among 29 Sheffield secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Sheffield league table →
Inspection
Ofsted report card, May 2026
Getting in
Oversubscribed; last offer 1.2 mi (2026)
Results
-0.59 progress 8; 34.3 attainment 8
Size
1,116 pupils; 148 places a year; classes of 24
Run by
Oasis Community Learning
Type
Academy sponsor led
Ages
2 to 16 · Mixed
Ofsted, May 2026The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
AchievementNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
InclusionNeeds attention
Safeguarding standardsMet
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 51%, against 59% in Sheffield.
  • Higher standard: 3%, against 7% in Sheffield.
  • Progress 8: -0.59, against -0.12 in Sheffield.
  • Attainment 8: 34.3, against 46.2 in Sheffield.
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At a glance

Against Sheffield and England
This schoolSheffieldEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
51%
Worse than Sheffield
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
3%
Worse than Sheffield
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
-0.59
Worse than Sheffield
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
34.3
Worse than Sheffield
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
29%
Worse than Sheffield
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
10.6%
Worse than Sheffield
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
30.1%
Worse than Sheffield
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
38.3
Worse than Sheffield
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
23.9
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
67%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
20.7
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.0
More sought after than Sheffield
Sheffield and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 153 families put it first for 148 places; 139 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold a catchment map for this school.
  • Some places go first to children from named primary schools: see the feeder rules below.

Quality

  • Ofsted report card (Achievement: Needs attention; Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met) Ofsted · inspected 19 May 2026
  • Progress 8: -0.59 (England +0.01) (county -0.12) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 34.3 (England 47.4) (county 46.2) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 29% (England 48%) (county 48%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026

Daily life

  • Absence: 11% of sessions missed; 30% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.7% and 29% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 38 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 26); 4 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 23.9 pupils; 5.6% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 20.7 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 162 m, tram or metro 420 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 23 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 8 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³, PM2.5 8.0 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Oasis Community Learning, with 58 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2015
  • Opened as an academy (sponsored) on 1 September 2015 DfE, open academies list
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
1.5 mi0.750
20252026

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026——150191.2
Year 72025——150320.83

Source: Council offer-day figures: Sheffield City Council, 2025 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026148153254139
Reception202640408140
Year 72025150168289142
Reception2025525110351
Year 72024147185279142
Reception2024575611456
Year 72023158180278146
Reception2023565611256
Year 72022149175275135
Reception2022606611860

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2015 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Feeder school rules

Named feeder primary schools · Year 7

Priority position: 5 (after 1 children in care, 2 catchment with sibling, 3 catchment, 4 siblings); for children living outside the catchment area

5. Designated feeder school

Feeder schools: High Hazels, Oasis Don Valley, Tinsley Meadows

From the admission arrangements for 2026/27 (last year's rules: this year's have not been read yet): the document, page 10; read by our tools and not yet confirmed by a person.

Priority at secondary schools

Quoted word for word from the arrangements the school or council published. Check the quote against the school's own current admission policy before you rely on it: rules change each year.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8-0.59+0.01-0.122023/2024
Attainment 834.347.446.22025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above29%48%48%2025/2026
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard51%62%59%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard3%8%7%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(82/117)
GCSE (key stage 4)(28/29)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
19 May 2026Report card7 areas graded
15 November 2023Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2026.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2411982%In education 81%; Apprenticeship 0.8%; Employment 0.8%
After GCSEs2022/2311481%In education 79%; Apprenticeship 0.9%; Employment 0.9%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Sheffield league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/2511%3.6%7.0%30%4.5%
2023/2410%3.4%7.0%33%3.4%
2022/239.3%1.4%7.9%30%2.5%
Schools with a similar intake9.7%29%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 758 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2538.315%4364
2023/2434.211%3860
2022/2310.46.1%1141
Schools with a similar intake25.9

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size23.92025/26
Classes over 30 pupils5.6%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher20.7November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus162
tram or metro420

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20253
20246
20233
20227
20214

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 8 serious and 0 fatal in all; 4 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO214.32024
PM1012.12024
PM258.02024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals67%2025/26
First language other than English54%2025/26
SEN support18%2025/26
Education, health and care plan2.4%2025/26
Girls49%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Oasis Community Learning, with 58 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2015
  • Opened as an academy (sponsored) on 1 September 2015 DfE, open academies list
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Sheffield City Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Sheffield and the Sheffield league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.