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Oasis Academy Don Valley

All-through · Sheffield · S9 3TY

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 19 May 2026 · report published 23 June 2026

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At a glance

1,116 pupils · 95% of 1,170 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
2–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
67.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
56.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
URN
140394

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 153 families named it first for 148 Year 7 places, 1.03 first choices per place. We hold 5 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2022 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 19 May 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

40 places offered · 40 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

148 places offered · 153 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.044 miles for 2022 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry) lived within 1.044 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Feeder school
1.2 miles

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
51%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

121 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
36.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
47.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
27.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.5
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school36.8
Median of its 12 closest peers45.2
Sheffield average45.2
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
West Walsall E-ACT AcademyWalsall · 61 miles awayGood39.9
Westminster AcademyLondon · 140 miles awayGood48.3
City of Derby AcademyDerby · 36 miles awayUrgent improvement34.8
Astrea Academy SheffieldSheffield · 2 miles awayGood45.4
Blue Coat Church of England AcademyWalsall · 61 miles awayGood37.4
Yardleys SchoolBirmingham · 68 miles awayGood46.7
Burnage Academy for BoysManchester · 32 miles awayOutstanding46.6
Small Heath Leadership AcademyBirmingham · 66 miles awayGood45.7
Bow SchoolLondon · 143 miles awayGood43.2
Harris Invictus Academy CroydonCroydon · 150 miles awayOutstanding45
Saracens High SchoolLondon · 134 miles awayGood47.1
Broadway AcademyBirmingham · 64 miles awayGood42.7

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 32% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 19% (Sheffield 1%, England 2%) · Black African 11% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 9% (Sheffield 5%, England 3%) · White Gypsy/Roma 5% (Sheffield 2%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Sheffield 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · White British 2% (Sheffield 55%, England 59%) · Asian Indian 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
32.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

38.31 suspensions per 100 pupils and 4 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Sheffield: 35.92 suspensions and 0.43 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

61% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school · 22% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 1.89% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

75.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,158; 15.1% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,565
Typical all-through school£7,789

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 80% (78%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 5% (4%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£1,773,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
81%
Continuing in education
79%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher20.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications32%18.1%
In managerial or professional work9.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways33%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier17.7%62.3%
Social housing60.5%17.1%
Privately rented21.3%20.5%
Detached houses6.2%22.9%
Flats58%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van49.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033269 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£135,00033 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£105,000–£165,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (10)£147,500
Terraced (23)£115,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.68 km, 2022 entry): 146 sales, median £115,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
23an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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