Holgate Meadows School
Lindsay Road, Sheffield, S5 7WE
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Lotus Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 6 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Sarah Storer
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban minor conurbation
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 73
- URN
- 126712
- Local authority
- Sheffield
About this school
Holgate Meadows School was a foundation special school in Sheffield. It taught children aged 6 to 16 and had 73 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Holgate Meadows 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 95.0 | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 88.0 | - |
| Reading progress | -8.10 | - |
| Writing progress | -7.40 | - |
| Maths progress | -11.20 | - |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 22 | 16 |
| Attainment 8 score | 8.8 | 5.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.43 -2.05 to -0.81 | -1.59 -2.30 to -0.87 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 5% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Trends over time
How Holgate Meadows 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 | — | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Sheffield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8 | 40.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.8 | 39.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 37% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 37.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 95 |
| 2023/24 | 73 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 89%
- English as an additional language
- 8.2%
- Overall absence
- 37.5%
- Persistent absence
- 72.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lotus Academy0.1 miles
Academies · Sheffield
-
Woolley Wood School1.0 miles
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-
Abbey School2.6 miles
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-
Bethany School2.8 miles
Independent schools · Sheffield
-
Sheffield Hallam University3.0 miles
Universities · Sheffield
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Common questions
- What year groups does Holgate Meadows School teach?
- Holgate Meadows School taught children aged 6 to 16. It was a special school in Sheffield.
- Has Holgate Meadows School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Holgate Meadows 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 big is Holgate Meadows School?
- Holgate Meadows School had 73 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 6 to 16.
- How have Holgate Meadows 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 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Holgate Meadows School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Holgate Meadows 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 August 2024.