Tapton School & Sixth Form

Tapton School & Sixth Form at a glance

Located in Sheffield, Tapton School & Sixth Form is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,763 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 58.0 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 10% of secondary schools in England.

68% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 84% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Tapton School & Sixth Form is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 337 first choices for 267 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 3.16 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. Tapton School & Sixth Form does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.