Fir Vale Academy
Owler Lane, Sheffield, S4 8GB
931 pupils · 89% of 1,050 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–16
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Free school meals
- 72.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 25 February 2025, published 22 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.59 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 194 | 115 | 190 | 123 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park 1.8 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Lift Firth Park 2.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- E-Act Parkwood Academy 2.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- UTC Sheffield City Centre 3.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
- All Saints' Catholic High School 3.8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Yewlands Academy 4.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.