Secondary
Silverdale School
Bents Crescent, Sheffield, S11 9QH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1491 of 1600 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Trust
- CHORUS EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 85.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 109.0
- Pupils per adult
- 13.4
- Pupils
- 1,466
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
70%
26 points above the Sheffield average (44% across 30 schools)
56.7
11.1 above the Sheffield average (45.6 across 30 schools)
5th of 30 by our score, among the secondary schools in Sheffield we can score - 36 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 56.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.06 |
| Entered the EBacc | 47% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 82% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| A level average points per entry | 40.37 |
| A level students | 213 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 75% |
| 22/23 | 64% |
| 23/24 | 69% |
| 24/25 | 70% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.5 |
| 22/23 | 39.9 |
| 23/24 | 40.6 |
| 24/25 | 40.4 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.73 |
| 22/23 | +0.64 |
| 23/24 | +0.58 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 63.0 |
| 22/23 | 56.6 |
| 23/24 | 57.9 |
| 24/25 | 56.7 |
Bents Crescent, Sheffield, S11 9QH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Sheffield admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Jim Smith
- Address
- Bents Crescent, Sheffield, S11 9QH
- Telephone
- 01142369991