Mercia School
Secondary schoolMercia School is a secondary school in Sheffield, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,070 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), February 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 February 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Mercia School was 66.6, against 44.7 in Sheffield and 46.2 in England.
78.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 66.6 | 44.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 78.5% | 46.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 93.2% | 63% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 177 | – | – |
- 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- Carter Knowle Junior SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)340 m
- Holt House Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022370 m
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Mylnhurst Preparatory School and NurseryIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file850 m
- Dobcroft Nursery Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2021, before the school changed930 m
- Dobcroft Junior SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met, before the school changed1 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).