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Schools in Sheffield
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Notre Dame Catholic High School 73 62 1022 310.8
Silverdale School 76 71 1017.2 315.4
Fir Vale School 32 22 1010.1 NA
High Storrs School 68 65 1003.5 266.3
Tapton School 75 72 1002.5 320.4
King Ecgbert School 63 55 1002.4 244
Bradfield School 67 50 996.7 NA
King Edward VII School 56 43 990.5 301.8
Stocksbridge High School 61 57 989.6 NA
Meadowhead School 57 49 982.8 NA
Handsworth Grange School 45 38 982.4 NA
Wisewood Secondary School 45 41 978.2 NA
Hinde House 3-16 School 32 27 971.5 NA
Birley Community College 52 35 967.3 NA
All Saints' Catholic High School 45 43 964.9 284.8
Parkwood High School 27 10 959.5 NA
Newfield Secondary School 36 27 959 NA
Ecclesfield School 36 27 955.7 NA
Abbeydale Grange School 26 25 953.2 NA
Yewlands School Technology College 30 23 951.1 NA
Chaucer School 24 11 950.3 NA
Firth Park Community Arts College 32 16 949.9 NA
Westfield School 34 25 949.8 NA
Myers Grove School 33 24 949.3 NA
Waltheof School 27 13 948.2 NA
Myrtle Springs School 25 16 946.9 NA
City School, The 33 24 945.1 NA
English secondary schools 2004

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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