All Saints' Catholic High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,404 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.9
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Fir Vale Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 931of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 72.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
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- Ofsted
- Inspected, 25 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Fir Vale School (URN 138925, until 1 July 2025).
What the data says
Fir Vale Academy has no sixth form. Of the 180 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 37% moved to a sixth form college, 18% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
20% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 37% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 2% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Fir Vale Academy | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 180 | 5,938 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 67% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 64% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 9% | 36% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 37% | 8% | 13% |
| — further education college | 18% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 20% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 13% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 189 | — | 89% | 6% | 20% | 39% |
| Mathematics | 189 | — | 88% | 4% | 22% | 35% |
| English Literature | 189 | — | 86% | 5% | 21% | 41% |
| Combined Science | 185 | — | 65% | 5% | 9% | 26% |
| Citizenship Studies | 47 | — | 3% | 4% | 19% | 47% |
| Business Studies | 47 | — | 18% | 4% | 20% | 38% |
| Geography | 40 | — | 41% | 8% | 25% | 40% |
| History | 34 | — | 41% | 26% | 26% | 62% |
| Fine Art | 30 | — | 9% | 7% | 28% | 10% |
| Photography | 21 | — | 6% | 0% | 19% | 19% |
| Religious Studies | 19 | — | 31% | 5% | 32% | 58% |
| Urdu | 13 | — | 1% | 23% | 42% | 46% |
| Arabic | 12 | — | 1% | 42% | 47% | 67% |
| Statistics | 11 | — | 5% | 45% | 20% | 82% |
| Computer Science | 9 | — | 13% | 22% | 30% | 67% |
| Spanish | 6 | — | 19% | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| Turkish | 1 | — | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Persian | 1 | — | 0% | — | 77% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 43 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 38 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 30 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 25 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 11 | — | — |
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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.