This ranking has looked at Government data to sort the Steel City’s schools in order of the strongest A Level results – that is, what percentage of its cohort at the end of the academic year in 2022 who earned an AAB or higher.
This is far from a ranking of schools from “best to worst”, as several of Sheffield’s colleges that appear towards the bottom of this list specialise in technical qualifications and post extremely strong results in those every year.
Similarly, this ranking does not take into account other measures of a school’s success, such as how many of its pupils enter higher education or fulfil other ambitions after school, which you can read more about here.
The Star has left several schools off this ranking. Sheffield College does not post traditional A Level results, Al-Mahad Al-Islami school only had three pupils in its A-Level cohort last year, and UTC Sheffield Olympic Park’s figures were ‘suppressed’ by the Government for unknown reasons – however, UTC is not known for its A Levels and instead posts very strong technical qualifications every year.
Here are Sheffield's 14 sixth form offerings ranked by how many AAB results they got in 2022.
5. Forge Valley School
Forge Valley School had 98 leavers at the end of the academic year in 2022, with 9.7 per cent of them earning an AAB or higher. The latest data however showed how around three quarters of its cohort on average enter higher education after leaving. Photo: Alastair Ulke
6. UTC Sheffield City Centre
14 per cent of UTC Sheffield City Centre's 876 leavers earned an AAB in 2022. The college specializes in technical qualifications for pupils wanted to be engineers or digital designers, and even Ofsted inspectors noted how the school "understands this very well". Photo: Google
7. All Saints Catholic High School
All Saints' Catholic High School had 215 leavers in 2022, and 15.6 per cent of them earned an AAB of higher in their A-Levels. The school is one of the largest in Sheffield, with 1,423 pupils on its roll in 2022. Photo: Scott Merrylees
8. High Storrs School
High Storrs School had 230 leavers in 2022, and 18 per cent of them earned an AAB or higher in their A Levels. They boast strong results though, with the latest results showing how an average of 38 per cent of their cohort enter Russell Group Universities. Photo: Google Maps