SCHOOL PROFILE

Fir Vale Academy: data, trends and context

Fir Vale 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
151851
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Sheffield
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST
Postcode
S4 8GB
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
931
FSM eligible
72.3%
EAL / First language other than English
85.7%
SEND (total)
22.4%
SEN Support
20.6%
EHCP
1.8%
White British
1.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
82.7%
Overall absence
17.3%
Persistent absence
52.4%
Severe absence
10.6%

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
144.6%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
52.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
2.5%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
25.7
English & maths grade 5+
19.0%
English & maths grade 4+
33.3%

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

See Fir Vale Academy against 25 similar schools

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Fir Vale 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.