Astrea Academy Sheffield
All-through · Free schools · Mixed · Sheffield
Andover Street, Sheffield, S3 9BE
60
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 30/11/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.5%
21.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,070
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
1,095 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
21 of 21 families who put it first got an offer
24
Places offered
39
Total applications
1.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 21 | 21 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 14 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 4 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 39 | 21 | 54% |
1st preference success by year
Sheffield lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Age range
- 2–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- David Boyd Rachel Flemming
- Address
- Andover Street, Sheffield, S3 9BE
- Phone
- 01145539110
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Ward / constituency
- Burngreave · Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 145864
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 57% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 63% | — | — |
| SEN support | 19% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST
1,070 pupils · 1,095 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
30 November 2022
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessEarly years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,045 pupils
Attendance
92.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
21.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.01 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 37% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 63% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.77 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 47% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 7% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 46.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 68.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 40.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.02 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 135 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.53 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 12.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 16 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 135 | 15% | 50% | 73% | |
| English Language | 135 | 17% | 53% | 70% | |
| English Literature | 135 | 20% | 66% | 81% | |
| Combined Science | 76 | 5% | 34% | 47% | |
| History | 66 | 9% | 39% | 68% | |
| Geography | 60 | 10% | 32% | 47% | |
| Biology | 59 | 17% | 51% | 66% | |
| Physics | 59 | 17% | 59% | 76% | |
| Chemistry | 59 | 17% | 53% | 73% | |
| Religious Studies | 56 | 29% | 61% | 75% | |
| Spanish | 54 | 26% | 61% | 78% | |
| Art and Design | 42 | 7% | 43% | 62% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 12 | 0% | 17% | 17% | |
| Chemistry | 10 | 0% | 20% | 20% | |
| Sociology | 6 | 0% | 50% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 6 | 0% | 0% | 67% | |
| Psychology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Persian | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 20675: Astrea Academy Sheffield
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Sheffield council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.