SCHOOL PROFILE

Sheffield Park Academy: data, trends and context

Sheffield Park Academy is a secondary school in Sheffield. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
131895
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Sheffield
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST
Postcode
S2 1SN
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Christian
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,185
FSM eligible
56.5%
EAL / First language other than English
41.8%
SEND (total)
16.5%
SEN Support
13.6%
EHCP
2.9%
White British
36.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
86.5%
Overall absence
13.5%
Persistent absence
37.9%
Severe absence
8.6%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
SheffieldLocal authority90.2%9.8%5.2%
Yorkshire and The HumberRegion90.7%9.3%4.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
95.4%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
22.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.99%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
35.1
English & maths grade 5+
23.6%
English & maths grade 4+
45.7%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Sheffield Park Academy is a secondary school in Sheffield. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.