Handsworth Grange Community Sports College
Handsworth Grange Road, Handsworth, Sheffield, S13 9HJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- MINERVA LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Suzy Mattock
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Minerva Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Sheffield South East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,025
- Pupils on roll
- 989
- URN
- 141495
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01142694801
About this school
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College is a secondary academy in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 989 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- 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 | 199 | 201 | 204 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.7 | 39.7 | 36.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.18 -0.38 to +0.02 | -0.64 -0.84 to -0.44 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 32.8% | 27% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 54.7% | 46.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 20% | 29.4% | 29.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
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 Handsworth Grange Community Sports 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 | Sheffield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41.7 | 40.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.7 | 39.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.6 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,010 |
| 2023/24 | 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 992 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Handsworth Grange Community Sports College compares
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College ranked 25th of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.6 | 10.9% | 34.3% | 989 | — |
| Outwood Academy City | 40.4 | 12.3% | 43.3% | 1,138 | 1.1 miles |
| Sheffield Park Academy | 35.1 | 13.5% | 58.4% | 1,185 | 1.9 miles |
| Aston Academy | 44.2 | 9% | 21.6% | 1,366 | 2.1 miles |
| The Birley Academy | 37.2 | 11.6% | 36.5% | 1,061 | 2.3 miles |
| Brinsworth Academy | 44.5 | 8.4% | 32.9% | 1,389 | 2.4 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)
- 34.27%
- English as an additional language
- 12%
- Overall absence
- 10.93%
- Persistent absence
- 30.12%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Outwood Academy City1.1 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
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Sheffield Park Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
-
Aston Academy2.1 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
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The Birley Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
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Brinsworth Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Rotherham
Other schools in Sheffield
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College ranks 30th of the 34 ranked secondary schools in Sheffield.
- All Saints' Catholic High School Secondary
- Aston Academy Secondary
- Bradfield Secondary School Secondary
- Chaucer 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
- High Storrs School Secondary
- King Ecgbert School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Handsworth Grange Community Sports College teach?
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Sheffield.
- Who is the headteacher of Handsworth Grange Community Sports College?
- The headteacher of Handsworth Grange Community Sports College is Miss Suzy Mattock, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Handsworth Grange Community Sports College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Handsworth Grange Community Sports College, 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 Handsworth Grange Community Sports College?
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College has 989 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Handsworth Grange Community Sports College full?
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College has capacity for 1,025 pupils and 989 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Handsworth Grange Community Sports College a faith school?
- No. Handsworth Grange Community Sports College has no designated religious character.
- Is Handsworth Grange Community Sports College a selective school?
- No. Handsworth Grange Community Sports College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Handsworth Grange Community Sports College?
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College is part of MINERVA LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Handsworth Grange Community Sports College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41.7 in 2022/23 and 36.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Handsworth Grange Community Sports College rank locally?
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College ranked 25th of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Handsworth Grange Community Sports College's absence rate?
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College's overall absence rate is 10.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Handsworth Grange Community Sports College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Handsworth Grange Community Sports 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 1 July 2026.