Lotus Academy
Special schoolLotus Academy is a special school in Sheffield, for pupils aged 6 to 16. It had 108 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), March 2022, before the school changed, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 23 March 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Lotus Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Sheffield and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Lotus Academy was 7.1, against 44.7 in Sheffield and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 7.1 | 44.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 46.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 63% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 16 | – | – |
- Lotus Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Patrick's Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade, special measures. 8% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Hartley Brook Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
- Southey Green Nursery & Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- Monteney Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Longley Park Sixth Form AcademySixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.1 km
- Lift Firth ParkSecondary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 36.7 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sheffield
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).