Eckington 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 08/03/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.9%, which is 1.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Dronfield Road, Sheffield, S21 4GN
Website: http://www.eckington.net
Telephone: 01246432849
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Derbyshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Nicholas Melson
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 145521

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 08/03/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1453
Number of Pupils: 1232
Number of Boys: 594
Number of Girls: 638

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.21 Confidence interval -0.4 to -0.03
Of the 192 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 189 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:28%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:43%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:47.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.21
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Birk Hill Infant & Nursery School
Chestnut Avenue , S21 4BE
2out of 4 586 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Eckington Junior School
School Street , Eckington S21 4FL
2out of 4 1,151 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Marsh Lane Primary School
School Road , Marsh Lane S21 5RS
3out of 4 1,244 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Camms CofE (Aided) Primary School
Camms Close , Castle Hill S21 4AU
3out of 4 1,584 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Mosborough Primary School
New School Road , Mosborough S20 5ES
3out of 4 2,254 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Eckington School
Dronfield Road , Eckington S21 4GN
2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Landmarks
Littlemoor House , Littlemoor S21 4EF
- not rated 2,053 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.