Tapton School & Sixth Form
Secondary schoolTapton School & Sixth Form is a secondary school in Sheffield, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,747 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 26 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- 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 Tapton School & Sixth Form was 59.1, against 44.7 in Sheffield and 46.2 in England.
73.4% 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 | 59.1 | 44.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 73.4% | 46.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 85.7% | 63% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 259 | – | – |
- 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- Notre Dame High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), January 2022. Attainment 8 of 58.8 (2025/26, provisional)370 m
- Lydgate Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)390 m
- St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)460 m
- Lydgate Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023650 m
- Birkdale SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.1 km
- Nether Green Junior SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 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).