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High Storrs School

Secondary · Sheffield · S11 7LH

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Strong standard

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: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Strong standard

Inspected 9 September 2026 · report published 7 October 2026

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At a glance

1,706 pupils · 102% of 1,680 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
9.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.highstorrs.co.uk/
URN
145455

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 302 families named it first for 244 Year 7 places, 1.24 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 9 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.24 first-choice applications per place

244 places offered · 302 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: defined priority area. Inside it, last place at 1.277 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Catchment
1.277 miles

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
61
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
85.7%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
74.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.8
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-) B
38.4
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school61
Median of its 12 closest peers53
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
Tadcaster Grammar SchoolTadcaster · 37 miles awayGood50
The Ashcombe SchoolDorking · 155 miles awayGood57.1
Katharine Lady Berkeley's SchoolWotton-under-Edge · 124 miles awayGood53.1
Wymondham CollegeWymondham · 121 miles awayOutstanding56.4
Harrogate Grammar SchoolHarrogate · 43 miles awayStrong standard56.6
Weald School, TheBillingshurst · 168 miles awayGood47.1
Ilkley Grammar SchoolIlkley · 41 miles awayOutstanding56.5
The Robert Smyth AcademyMarket Harborough · 65 miles awayGood53
Guiseley SchoolLeeds · 36 miles awayGood49.6
Saffron Walden County High SchoolSaffron Walden · 118 miles awayOutstanding59.7
The Mountbatten SchoolRomsey · 164 miles awayGood51.2
The King Edward VI SchoolMorpeth · 126 miles awayGood52.2

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

Special educational needs

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 80% (Sheffield 55%, England 59%) · Any other White background 4% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Sheffield 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 4%) · White Irish 1% (Sheffield 0%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Sheffield 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

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)
6.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.64 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 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
19.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 8% 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)

67.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.1 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 £55,104; 8.5% 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£6,283
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 83% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (6%) · supplies and services 9% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £253,000; in-year balance +£644,000

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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
96%
Continuing in education
94%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
63%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
18%
Any sustained destination
87%

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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher58.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work57.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8%18.1%
Residents in very good health57%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier95.6%62.3%
Social housing0.5%17.1%
Privately rented3.9%20.5%
Detached houses9.2%22.9%
Flats0.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms33.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01007938 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£421,000317 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£315,000–£557,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (48)£678,000
Semi-detached (159)£455,000
Terraced (40)£334,000
Flat (70)£176,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
11an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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