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UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park

Secondary · Sheffield · S9 3TU

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Good (2019)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 30 January 2019

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At a glance

445 pupils · 74% of 600 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
University technical college
Age range
13–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
30.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
16.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.utcsheffield.org.uk
URN
142605

In figures

The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2019. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
44
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
67.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
44.4%
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.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C-
26.5
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school44
Median of its 12 closest peers41.1
Sheffield average45.2
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of 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
UTC Derby Pride ParkDerby · 33 miles awayGood42
Shipston High SchoolShipston-on-Stour · 92 miles awayGood43.9
Kidsgrove Secondary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 39 miles awayGood35.9
LEAF StudioBournemouth · 183 miles awayGood42.4
Crewe Engineering and Design UTCCrewe · 47 miles awayGood32.4
Armthorpe AcademyDoncaster · 18 miles awayRequires improvement39.5
The Vale AcademyBrigg · 40 miles awayGood51.6
Berwick AcademyBerwick-upon-Tweed · 165 miles awayRequires improvement40.3
St Bede's Catholic Voluntary AcademyScunthorpe · 34 miles awayGood47.8
South Wigston High SchoolWigston · 58 miles awayNeeds attention34.5
Global AcademyMiddlesex · 137 miles awayGood30.8
St Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox SchoolLondon · 134 miles awayGood51.6

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 43% (Sheffield 55%, England 59%) · Not recorded 20% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 8% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Sheffield 5%, England 3%) · Black African 6% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Sheffield 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Sheffield 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 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)
9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
26%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

15.28 suspensions per 100 pupils and 3 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
15.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

76.7% 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 £53,102; 16.7% 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£7,481
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 13% (11%) · educational supplies 8% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £761,000; in-year balance -£5,000

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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
95%
Continuing in education
86%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
51%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
23%
Any sustained destination
80%

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
£135,00041 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£102,000–£160,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (11)£140,000
Terraced (29)£120,000

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

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
4an 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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