Fir Vale School in Sheffield - ratings, address, contact etc

Fir Vale 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 07/03/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 9.5%, which is 5.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Owler Lane, Sheffield

School Information

Address:	Owler Lane, Sheffield, S4 8GB
Website:	http://firvale.com/
Telephone:	01142439391
School Type:	Academy converter
Education phase:	Secondary
Local authority:	Sheffield
Headteacher / Principal:	Rachel Smith
Religious character:	Does not apply
Admissions policy:	Non-selective
Unique reference:	138925

Ofsted Inspection

Overall Effectiveness
Quality Of Education
Outcomes For Pupils
Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/03/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range:	11 - 16
Gender:	Mixed
School Capacity:	1050
Number of Pupils:	967
Number of Boys:	473
Number of Girls:	494

Absence

	School	England state-funded schools:
Overall absence:	9.5%	4%
Persistent absence:	34.3%	8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.2 Confidence interval -0.39 to -0.01

Of the 185 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 175 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:	56%
England Average:	40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:	93%
England Average:	94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:	17%
England Average:	43%

Attainment 8 score

School:	34.4
England Average:	46.7

EBacc average point score

School:	3.03
England Average:	4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Grace Owen Nursery School 1-7 the Pavement , Duke Street S2 5QD	3out of 4	3,127 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Oasis Academy Fir Vale Owler Lane , Fir Vale S4 8GA	2out of 4	132 yd	Academy sponsor led	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Whiteways Primary School Whiteways Road , S4 8EX	- not rated	296 yd	Academy converter	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Owler Brook Primary School Wensley Street , S4 8HQ	- not rated	472 yd	Academy converter	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Hucklow Primary School Hucklow Road , S5 6TB	3out of 4	924 yd	Academy converter	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Abbeyfield Primary Academy Orphanage Road , S3 9AN	3out of 4	1,269 yd	Academy sponsor led	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Fir Vale School Owler Lane , S4 8GB	2out of 4	0 yd	Academy converter	No	Mixed	More About School
UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park 2 Old Hall Road , S9 3TU	3out of 4	1,972 yd	University technical college	No	Mixed	More About School
Firth Park Academy Fircroft Avenue , S5 0SD	3out of 4	2,325 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School
Parkwood E-Act Academy Longley Avenue West , S5 8UL	3out of 4	2,806 yd	Academy sponsor led	Not Applicable	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	1,506 yd	Academy 16-19 converter	No	Mixed	More About School

All-through

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Oasis Academy Don Valley Leeds Road , S9 3TY	3out of 4	1,901 yd	Academy sponsor led	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Astrea Academy Sheffield Andover Street , S3 9BE	- not rated	2,177 yd	Free schools	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Hinde House 2-16 School Shiregreen Lane , S5 6AG	3out of 4	2,219 yd	Academy converter	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Seraphic Academy Tinsley Park Road , Sheffield S9 5DL	- not rated	2,366 yd	Other independent school	No	Mixed	More About School
Holgate Meadows School Lindsay Road , S5 7WE	3out of 4	2,514 yd	Foundation special school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Al-Mahad Al-Islami 1 Industry Road , Darnall S9 5FP	- not rated	3,061 yd	Other independent school	No	Girls	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.