Heritage Park School
Norfolk Park Road, Sheffield, S2 2RU
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Willow Park School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 6 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Principal Mark Fairbrother
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Sheffield Heeley
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban minor conurbation
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 92
- URN
- 126705
- Local authority
- Sheffield
About this school
Heritage Park School was a foundation special school in Sheffield. It taught children aged 6 to 16 and had 92 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Heritage Park School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2005, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 87.0 | 93.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 87.0 | - | 94.0 |
| Reading progress | -14.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -10.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -9.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 14 | 16 | 11 |
| Attainment 8 score | 1.6 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.97 -2.77 to -1.17 | -1.21 -1.95 to -0.47 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
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 Heritage Park School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sheffield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 53.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 54% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Sheffield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1.6 | 40.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 6.1 | 39.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.8 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 22.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 21.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 96 |
| 2023/24 | 92 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 83.7%
- English as an additional language
- 1.1%
- Overall absence
- 21.7%
- Persistent absence
- 51.5%
Location
Nearby schools
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Willow Park School0.0 miles
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Seven Hills School0.1 miles
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Discovery Academy0.2 miles
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Freeman College0.6 miles
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Sheffield Hallam University0.7 miles
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Common questions
- What ages does Heritage Park School teach?
- Heritage Park School taught children aged 6 to 16. It was a special school in Sheffield.
- Has Heritage Park School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Heritage Park School 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 many pupils are at Heritage Park School?
- Heritage Park School had 92 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 6 to 16.
- How have Heritage Park School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Heritage Park School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Heritage Park School'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 31 December 2024.