Here are the latest figures for how well Sheffield's pupils did at their GCSEs in the 2024-2025 academic year - and which schools did the best.
The deadline for secondary school applications to get your child in for Year 7 closes in Sheffield on October 16 - less than a month away.
Parents and pupils can pick their school based on all sorts of reason - from tradition to public transport, to the strength of their SEND support to the prestige of their sports facilities.
But if the goal is good grades, the place to start is a school’s ‘Attainment 8’ scores - the way the Department for Education weigh up how well pupils have performed in up to eight qualifications, made up of a combination of English, maths, sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and other qualifications.
Alongside those are figures for how many pupils earned at least a Grade 5 in English and maths, as well as the number of pupils who entered 'EBacc' - shorthand for if pupils study English, maths, sciences, a language, and either history or geography.
They are not the official metric the Government uses to gauge how well a school is doing - but they do give a good insight into what kind of grades pupils get at each school in Sheffield.
The latest figures are only for how well pupils did in the 2024/25 academic year, as the next batch of Attainment 8 scores for 2025/26 will not come out until February.
Take a look at our gallery below for a cheat sheet of the best schools in Sheffield.
To learn more about how to apply for a school place in Sheffield in time for September 2027, visit the Sheffield City Council’s website here - https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/schools-childcare/how-apply-school-sheffield/apply-secondary-school.
9. Bradfield School
Bradfield School had the 9th best GCSE grades in Sheffield in 2024-2025, with an Attainment 8 score of 49.2. Remarkably few of Bradfield's students entered for the EBACC, at just 24.9 per cent, while 53.6 per cent achieved a Grade 5 or higher in English and Maths. | Bradfield School
10. Newfield Secondary School
Newfield Secondary School, one of Mercia Learning Trust's first endeavours, had the tenth best GCSE results for 2024-25, with an Attainment 8 score of 28. Again, remarkably few entered for the EBACC at just 27 per cent of students, while 40.5 per cent earned a Grade 5 or higher in English and Maths. | Google