Chapeltown Academy
Sixth form and 16 to 19 school · Free schools 16 to 19 · ages 16 to 19 · Mixed
Hydra Business Park, Nether Lane, Sheffield, S35 9ZX
- Pupils249
- Ages16 to 19
- Latest Ofsted–
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Ofsted’s data has no published inspection for this school yet. New schools, and schools that have reopened under a new reference number (for example on becoming an academy), may not have been inspected in their current form.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at the date in About the data). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
Sixth form results (16 to 18)
2024/25 · 297 students. What these mean
A level average grade
Not shown
Not shown, to protect pupils’ privacy (small numbers).
Average point score per entry: 29.72 · Sheffield: 34.95 · England (state-funded schools): 35
Applied general qualifications: average grade
Dist+
Tech level qualifications: average grade
Dist+
A level progress (value added)
How well students did in their A levels compared with students across England with similar earlier results. 0 is about the same.
2024/25
−0.24
The DfE gives a range of −0.36 to −0.13 (95% confidence interval). The whole range is below 0, so progress was below the national average.
Progress band: Below average (published as a number from 1 to 5; how we word it)
AAB or better at A level, with at least 2 facilitating subjects
A level students retained to the end of their course
Results describe one group of pupils in one year, so they can change a lot — especially in small schools. The DfE says “conclusions should not be drawn on a single piece of data alone.” This school on the DfE’s performance tables (opens in a new tab).
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 249 (capacity 400)
123 girls, 126 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 0% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Pupils with SEN support
Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.
2024/25
Pupils with an EHC plan
An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.
2024/25
Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years
2024/25
First language not English
This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Free schools 16 to 19 (Free Schools)
- Phase
- 16 plus
- Trust
- MINERVA LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Minerva Learning Trust
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Parliamentary constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge
- URN
- 140940 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
For a sixth-form place you apply directly to the school or college.
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.