Chaucer School
Wordsworth Avenue, Sheffield, S5 8NH
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- INOVA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanna Crewe
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Tapton School Academy trust
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 722
- URN
- 138414
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01142322338
About this school
Chaucer School is a secondary academy in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 722 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 166 | 158 | 159 |
| Attainment 8 score | 30.4 | 28.0 | 29.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.08 -1.29 to -0.86 | -1.14 -1.37 to -0.91 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% | 20.9% | 16.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 36% | 40.5% | 37.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 31% | 29.7% | 11.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
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 Chaucer 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 | 30.4 | 40.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 28 | 39.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 29.3 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 20.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 18.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 835 |
| 2023/24 | 822 |
| 2024/25 | 794 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chaucer School compares
Chaucer School ranked 29th of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 21% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 29.3 | 12.5% | 58.3% | 722 | — |
| Yewlands Academy | 37.3 | 10.8% | 41.3% | 884 | 0.6 miles |
| E-Act Parkwood Academy | 36.5 | 8.7% | 52.3% | 886 | 1.0 miles |
| Lift Firth Park | 32.7 | 13.5% | 54.3% | 1,115 | 1.7 miles |
| Ecclesfield School | 41.5 | 10.3% | 28.9% | 1,711 | 2.1 miles |
| Fir Vale Academy | — | 23% | — | 931 | 2.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.31%
- English as an additional language
- 22.3%
- Overall absence
- 12.53%
- Persistent absence
- 37.58%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Yewlands Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
-
E-Act Parkwood Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
-
Lift Firth Park1.7 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
-
Ecclesfield School2.1 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
-
Fir Vale Academy2.1 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
Other schools in Sheffield
Chaucer School ranks 34th of the 34 ranked secondary schools in Sheffield.
- All Saints' Catholic High School Secondary
- Aston Academy Secondary
- Bradfield Secondary School Secondary
- Dinnington High School Secondary
- E-Act Parkwood Academy Secondary
- Ecclesfield School Secondary
- Eckington School Secondary
- Fir Vale Academy Secondary
- Forge Valley School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College Secondary
- High Storrs School Secondary
- King Ecgbert School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Chaucer School teach?
- Chaucer School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Sheffield.
- Who is the headteacher of Chaucer School?
- The headteacher of Chaucer School is Mrs Joanna Crewe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Chaucer School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chaucer School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Chaucer School?
- Chaucer School has 722 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Chaucer School a faith school?
- No. Chaucer School has no designated religious character.
- Is Chaucer School a selective school?
- No. Chaucer School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Chaucer School?
- Chaucer School is part of INOVA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Chaucer School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 30.4 in 2022/23 and 29.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Chaucer School rank locally?
- Chaucer School ranked 29th of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 21% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Chaucer School's absence rate?
- Chaucer School's overall absence rate is 12.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chaucer School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chaucer 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 1 July 2026.