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Oasis Academy Don Valley

About the school

Oasis Academy Don Valley is an open all-through school in Sheffield.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.

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Latest inspection
19 May 2026
Published
23 June 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection

Published inspection outcomes

Safeguarding

Met

Inclusion

Needs attention

Curriculum and teaching

Needs attention

Achievement

Needs attention

Attendance and behaviour

Needs attention

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Early years

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Previous inspection framework

These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.

Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding

Yes

Early years

Outstanding

Sixth form

Not applicable

Results and school context

GCSE and key stage 4

121 pupils

Attainment 8

School
36.8
Sheffield
43.2
England
46.1

Progress 8

The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.

School
N/A
Sheffield
N/A
England
N/A

English and maths grade 5+

School
27.30%
Sheffield
41.70%
England
45.40%

English and maths grade 4+

School
47.90%
Sheffield
60.50%
England
64.80%

EBacc entry

School
67.80%
Sheffield
38.20%
England
40.50%

EBacc average point score

School
3.53
Sheffield
3.84
England
4.09

Key Stage 2 results

60 pupils

Combined attainment

Reading, writing and maths expected standard

School
51%
Sheffield
59%
England
62%

Reading, writing and maths higher standard

School
3%
Sheffield
7%
England
8%

Subject attainment

Reading expected standard

School
61%
Sheffield
72%
England
75%

Writing expected standard

School
69%
Sheffield
68%
England
72%

Maths expected standard

School
56%
Sheffield
72%
England
74%

Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected

School
56%
Sheffield
69%
England
73%

Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher

School
17%
Sheffield
27%
England
30%

Science expected standard

School
75%
Sheffield
78%
England
82%

Scaled scores

Reading average scaled score

School
100
Sheffield
105
England
106

Maths average scaled score

School
99
Sheffield
104
England
105

Grammar average scaled score

School
101
Sheffield
105
England
105

Pupil context and attendance

DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.

Pupils on roll

1138

Girls

47.63%

Boys

52.37%

SEN support

13.88%

Education, health and care plan

2.28%

English as an additional language

56.70%

Eligible for free school meals in the past six years

57.72%

Overall absence

10.62

Persistent absence

30.1

Pupil destinations

DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.

After Key Stage 4

Cohort

114

Sustained education or employment

81%

Education

79%

Apprenticeship

1%

Employment

1%

Not sustained

16%

After 16–18 study

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