Fir Vale Academy
Secondary · Sheffield · S4 8GB
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
We show the lowest of the four areas Ofsted did judge, listed below. Why some schools have no overall grade →
Inspected 25 February 2025
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931 pupils · 89% of 1,050 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Free school meals
- 72.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- Website
- http://firvale.com/
- URN
- 151851
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 115 families named it first for 194 Year 7 places, 0.59 first choices per place. At its inspection on 25 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 20.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.59 first-choice applications per place194 places offered · 115 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Compare admissions across the area: Sheffield school admissions · the wider Sheffield authority
GCSE results (2024/2025)
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Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White Gypsy/Roma 42% (Sheffield 2%, England 0%) · Asian Pakistani 25% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Sheffield 5%, England 3%) · Black African 10% (Sheffield 8%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Sheffield 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Sheffield 4%, England 7%) · Not recorded 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · White British 1% (Sheffield 55%, England 59%) · Asian Indian 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 1% (Sheffield 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Sheffield 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
18 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
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,129; 11.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
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 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 20.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 39.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 11.6% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 33.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 53.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 48.7% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 7.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 43.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 12.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 8.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 15% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 43.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034842 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £105,500178 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £70,000–£140,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 18an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 21an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 73an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 21an 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