Mount St Mary's College
College Road, Spinkhill, Sheffield, S21 3YL
This school is closed (it closed in July 2025).
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headmaster
- Mr Jack Murphy
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Constituency
- North East Derbyshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 400
- Pupils on roll
- 329
- URN
- 113010
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Mount St Mary's College was a Roman Catholic independent school in Sheffield. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 329 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Mount St Mary's College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1842, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 58 | 55 | 37 |
| Attainment 8 score | 54.1 | 54.8 | 53.9 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 70.9% | 56.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84% | 89.1% | 75.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 31% | 45.5% | 40.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mount St Mary's College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54.1 | 41.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 54.8 | 41.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 53.9 | 40.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 347 |
| 2023/24 | 329 |
| 2024/25 | 329 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 5
- Pupils on SEN support
- 42
Location
Nearby schools
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Landmarks1.4 miles
Other types · Sheffield
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River Valley2.9 miles
Special schools · Sheffield
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Kingfisher Academy3.2 miles
Academies · Sheffield
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New Direction3.3 miles
Special schools · Chesterfield
-
Holly House Special School5.0 miles
Special schools · Chesterfield
Other schools in Sheffield
- Bethany School Independent schools
- Birkdale School Independent schools
- Mylnhurst Preparatory School and Nursery Independent schools
- Sheffield High School GDST Independent schools
- Westbourne School Independent schools
- Aughton Early Years Centre Nursery
- Broomhall Nursery School Nursery
- Grace Owen Nursery School Nursery
- Abbey Lane Primary School Primary
- Abbeyfield Primary Academy Primary
- Acres Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Angram Bank Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mount St Mary's College teach?
- Mount St Mary's College taught children aged 11 to 18. It was an independent school in Sheffield.
- Has Mount St Mary's College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Mount St Mary's College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Mount St Mary's College?
- Mount St Mary's College had 329 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Mount St Mary's College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 54.1 in 2022/23 and 53.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Mount St Mary's College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mount St Mary's College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 11 September 2025.