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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

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

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

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. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
30.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

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

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£6,565
Typical all-through school£7,730

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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