Mercia School
Carter Knowle Road, Sheffield, S7 2DY
1,070 pupils · 89% of 1,200 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MERCIA LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.4%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 February 2023, published 11 May 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 68.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 82.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 93.6% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 100% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 194 | 385 | 1,060 | 194 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 179 | 358 | 941 | 179 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 190 | 347 | 921 | 190 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 180 | 287 | 799 | 180 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 181 | 285 | 755 | 181 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 172 | 246 | 664 | 172 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 180 | 230 | 589 | 180 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 119 | 162 | 469 | 119 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- High Storrs School 1.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Silverdale School 2.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Newfield Secondary School 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Notre Dame High School 2.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- King Edward VII School 2.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Tapton School & Sixth Form 3.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.