Oasis Academy Don Valley

Oasis Academy Don Valley at a glance

Located in Sheffield, Sheffield, Oasis Academy Don Valley is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. The school educates roughly 1,138 pupils aged 2 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 51% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 8.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 36.8, below the national average of 46. On our composite score, Oasis Academy Don Valley ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 27% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 58% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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 further down the page.