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Tapton School & Sixth Form

URN
138069
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Tapton School & Sixth Form
URN
138069
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Exceptional

91 / 100

Exceptional

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

84

Destinations

66

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 5% of secondary schools in England

Top 5% nationally

#2 of 21 schools in Sheffield

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Very Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
12 January 2025
Inspection date
26 November 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Outstanding

    Graded 12 January 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Outstanding

    Graded 12 January 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

266

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

725

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

266

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.73×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Sheffield
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Sheffield)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.taptonschool.co.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Sheffield to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

58.0

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

67.7%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

84.4%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

49.4%

EBacc achievement

Location

S10 5RG - Darwin Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Contact details

Address
Darwin Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Postcode
S10 5RG
Phone
1142671414
Website
http://www.taptonschool.co.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Sheffield
Local authority code
373

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 484 schools in Sheffield.

Authority statistics

Total schools

484

Open schools

191

Closed schools

290

Primary schools

308

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 12 January 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 12 January 2025

  • Sixth form

    Outstanding

    Graded 12 January 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    12 January 202526 November 2024S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 12 January 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      12 January 2025
      Inspected
      26 November 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    36.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 256

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    36.1%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Above average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    39.5

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.32

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    21.2%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    93.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    1.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    3.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    71

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary308 (64.3%)
    • Secondary71 (14.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other100 (20.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Tapton School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Notre Dame High School367 mSecondaryClosed
    Notre Dame High School367 mSecondaryOpen
    Lydgate Junior School391 mPrimaryOpen
    St Marie's Catholic Primary School458 mPrimaryClosed
    St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy458 mPrimaryOpen
    Lydgate Infant School647 mPrimaryOpen
    Tapton Mount School815 mNot applicableClosed
    Ashdell Preparatory School951 mNot applicableClosed
    Birkdale School1.1 kmNot applicableOpen
    • Tapton School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Notre Dame High School
      Distance
      367 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Notre Dame High School
      Distance
      367 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Lydgate Junior School
      Distance
      391 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • St Marie's Catholic Primary School

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Sheffield)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abbeydale Grange SchoolSecondaryS7 2GUClosed
    All Saints' Catholic High SchoolSecondaryS2 2RJClosed
    All Saints' Catholic High SchoolSecondaryS2 2RJOpen
    Ashleigh SchoolSecondary-Closed
    Beaver Hill SchoolSecondary-Closed
    • Abbeydale Grange School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      S7 2GU
      Status
      Closed
    • All Saints' Catholic High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      S2 2RJ
      Status
      Closed
    • All Saints' Catholic High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      S2 2RJ
      Status
      Open
    • Ashleigh School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      -
      Status
      Closed
    • Beaver Hill School
    Distance
    458 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
    Distance
    458 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Lydgate Infant School
    Distance
    647 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Tapton Mount School
    Distance
    815 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Ashdell Preparatory School
    Distance
    951 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Birkdale School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    -
    Status
    Closed