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About the school

Westfield School is an open secondary 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
20 January 2026
Published
22 March 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

Needs attention

Leadership and governance

Needs attention

Previous inspection framework

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

Overall effectiveness

Requires improvement

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Safeguarding

Yes

Early years

Not applicable

Sixth form

Not applicable

Results and school context

GCSE and key stage 4

239 pupils

Attainment 8

School
41.5
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
38.10%
Sheffield
41.70%
England
45.40%

English and maths grade 4+

School
57.30%
Sheffield
60.50%
England
64.80%

EBacc entry

School
46.00%
Sheffield
38.20%
England
40.50%

EBacc average point score

School
3.68
Sheffield
3.84
England
4.09

A levels and sixth form

19 A-level students

Average A-level grade

School
C

Average A-level points

School
29.6

AAB or better

School
7.70%

Pupil context and attendance

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

Pupils on roll

1327

Girls

48.53%

Boys

51.47%

SEN support

18.16%

Education, health and care plan

2.64%

English as an additional language

2.00%

Eligible for free school meals in the past six years

27.73%

Overall absence

11.16

Persistent absence

30.58

Pupil destinations

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

After Key Stage 4

Cohort

223

Sustained education or employment

87%

Education

78%

Apprenticeship

5%

Employment

4%

Not sustained

11%

After 16–18 study

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