SCHOOL PROFILE

Mercia School: data, trends and context

Mercia School 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
145897
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Sheffield
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
MERCIA LEARNING TRUST
Postcode
S7 2DY
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,070
FSM eligible
23.2%
EAL / First language other than English
31.8%
SEND (total)
14.4%
SEN Support
12.4%
EHCP
2.0%
White British
32.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
95.9%
Overall absence
4.1%
Persistent absence
12.0%
Severe absence
0.75%

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
6.6%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
4.0%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.38%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
68.1
English & maths grade 5+
82.6%
English & maths grade 4+
93.6%

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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Mercia School 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.