Mercia School
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Sheffield
Carter Knowle Road, Sheffield, S7 2DY
99
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 08/02/2023
Application demand
49%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.9%
11.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,070
Capacity used
Has space89%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
49%
1st preference success rate
176 of 358 families who put it first got an offer
179
Places offered
941
Total applications
5.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 358 | 176 | ● 49% |
| 2nd preference | 291 | 2 | ● 1% |
| 3rd preference | 292 | 1 | ● 0% |
| Total | 941 | 179 | 19% |
1st preference success by year
Sheffield lets families list 3 preferences. 9 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
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Joshua Fisher
- Address
- Carter Knowle Road, Sheffield, S7 2DY
- Phone
- 01145539080
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Ward / constituency
- Ecclesall · Sheffield Hallam
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 145897
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 24% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 31% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: MERCIA LEARNING TRUST
1,070 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
08 February 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 937 pupils
Attendance
95.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
11.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.7%
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 | 69.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 2.09 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 86% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 96% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.91 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 68.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 82.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 93.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 100% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.69 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 172 | — |
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 | 42.13 | 35 |
| Average grade | B+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 38.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 60 | — |
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 | 172 | 51% | 84% | 95% | |
| English Language | 172 | 47% | 81% | 92% | |
| English Literature | 172 | 56% | 90% | 97% | |
| French | 169 | 55% | 82% | 89% | |
| Geography | 110 | 41% | 75% | 85% | |
| Combined Science | 107 | 38% | 79% | 90% | |
| History | 74 | 74% | 92% | 97% | |
| Biology | 65 | 78% | 95% | 98% | |
| Physics | 65 | 66% | 94% | 98% | |
| Chemistry | 65 | 72% | 95% | 97% | |
| Religious Studies | 56 | 66% | 89% | 96% | |
| Art and Design | 53 | 49% | 92% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 41 | 20% | 44% | 66% | |
| Chemistry | 34 | 6% | 26% | 53% | |
| Biology | 30 | 13% | 33% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 11 | 64% | 64% | 91% | |
| Economics | 9 | 33% | 78% | 89% | |
| Psychology | 9 | 33% | 67% | 89% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 9 | 0% | 56% | 89% | |
| French | 8 | 0% | 25% | 25% | |
| Physics | 8 | 13% | 63% | 75% | |
| Geography | 7 | 14% | 43% | 100% | |
| Government and Politics | 6 | 50% | 67% | 100% | |
| History | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #124 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 20674: Mercia School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 11 |
| Offers | 6 |
| Success rate | 55% |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
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.