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Bents Green School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formSheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber · Sheffield S11 7TBTrust: Nexus Multi Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
343of 288 places
Free school meals
60.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
64
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, 21 February 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bents Green School (URN 107169, until 1 February 2025).

What the data says

Of the 41 pupils who finished Year 11 at Bents Green School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Bents Green School’s own sixth form (Sheffield average 36%), 51% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 2.9 against 46.1 across England and 43.2 in Sheffield, with 2% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Sheffield and England.

Bents Green School
Sheffield
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureBents Green SchoolSheffieldEngland
Pupils in the cohort415,938607,348
Any sustained destination95%89%92%
Stayed in education95%84%86%
— school sixth form0%36%34%
— sixth form college2%8%13%
— further education college51%38%37%
— other education41%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%7%6%
Destination unknown5%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureBents Green SchoolSheffieldEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)2.943.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths2%42%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths3%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%38%41%
EBacc average point score0.223.844.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort69%36%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils3.330.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils2.250.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language9%22%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics1625%88%0%22%25%
English Language1219%89%0%20%17%
Combined Science46%65%9%
English Literature46%86%21%
Food Preparation and Nutrition23%8%21%
Biology23%23%45%
History12%41%26%
Fine Art12%9%28%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction1

Other secondary schools in Sheffield

Ecclesfield School

Academy sponsor led · 1,711 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.