Chaucer School is a secondary school located in Sheffield. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 21/11/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.7%, which is 3.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Wordsworth Avenue, Sheffield, S5 8NH
Website: http://www.chaucer.sheffield.sch.uk
Telephone: 01142322338
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Sheffield
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Scott Burnside
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138414

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 21/11/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 900
Number of Pupils: 867
Number of Boys: 432
Number of Girls: 435

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 23% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -1.02 Confidence interval -1.24 to -0.79
Of the 131 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 129 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:2%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:89%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:15%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:29.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.21
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Meynell Community Primary School
Meynell Road , S5 8GN 		2out of 4 497 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Fox Hill Primary
Keats Road , S6 1AZ 		3out of 4 673 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Mansel Primary
Chaucer Road , Sheffield A S5 9QN 		3out of 4 764 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Parson Cross Church of England Primary School
Halifax Road , Wadsley Bridge S6 1LB 		3out of 4 833 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Southey Green Primary School and Nurseries
Crowder Avenue , S5 7QG 		3out of 4 1,108 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Chaucer School
Wordsworth Avenue , S5 8NH 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Yewlands Academy
Creswick Lane , S35 8NN 		1out of 4 988 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Parkwood E-Act Academy
Longley Avenue West , S5 8UL 		3out of 4 1,694 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Firth Park Academy
Fircroft Avenue , S5 0SD 		3out of 4 3,001 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Longley Park Sixth Form
Horninglow Road , S5 6SG 		- not rated 2,595 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Woolley Wood School
Chaucer Road , S5 9QN 		3out of 4 682 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Holgate Meadows School
Lindsay Road , S5 7WE 		3out of 4 1,547 yd Foundation special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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