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Kenwood Academy

Special schoolAges 11–19AcademySixth form

Sheffield, S7 1HQ · Sheffield local authority

Sheffield’s School Grade C+ better than 45% of towns in England

How full
282 pupils
153% of its 184 places
Free school meals
45%
45 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Kenwood Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 282 pupils for 184 places
  • 45% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, February 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (S7 1) sold for a median £279,975; Sheffield’s is £215,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 45 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Kenwood beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 0.8

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Sheffield avg 46.4

20304050607080England avg 47.3Kenwood 0.8

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Sheffield avg 49%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Kenwood 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
1.7
2024/25
0.4
2025/26
0.8

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-3.74: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 27 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
0.6England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
1England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Sheffield 65% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

252 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
1.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
44.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 43%Boys 57%
Its letter

No letter for Kenwood Academy

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting February 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Sixth formExpected standard

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Kenwood Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in S7 1, the school’s postcode sector

Sheffield property prices →
£279,975
median sale, 308 sales in 36 months · Sheffield £215,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025S7 1Sheffield
S7 1Sheffield

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£633K
Semi-detached
£406K
Terraced
£262K
Flat
£165K
S7 1Sheffield

Homes in S7 1 sell for well over Sheffield’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

31 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNACC+CB−DC−A−AA−AAAA−DBAA+C−B−BAA−A−B−A+Kenwood Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Sheffield, S7 1HQ

Kenwood Academy: common questions

What is Kenwood Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (February 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Kenwood Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, S7 1, sold for a median £279,975 over the 36 months to August 2026 (308 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Sheffield’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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