Fir Vale Academy
Owler Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S4 8GB ·
At a glance
A state secondary academy for ages 11–16 in Sheffield. Ofsted inspection (February 2025): Some areas below Good (no overall grade was given). GCSE results are well below the England average (Attainment 8: 25.7 vs 46.1, 2024/25). 115 families put it first for 194 places (September 2026 entry).
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 931
- Gender
- –
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Academy trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Danny Bullock
- Opened
- Jul 2025
Inspection
Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)
Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective: Yes
Exam results
Department for Education performance tables
GCSE results, 2024/25 · 189 pupils
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Admissions
Demand for places and how places are allocated
Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)
115 of 115 first-preference applicants were offered a place (100%).
Earlier years include data recorded for this school's predecessor.
Catchment area
Official secondary catchment published by Sheffield City Council (Open Government Licence, 2024-01-26). Source
The boundary is shown on the map on this page. Check the council's current admissions arrangements, as boundaries can change.
Last distance offered
Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.
Pupils
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