Discovery Academy
Park Grange Road, Norfolk Park, Sheffield, S2 3QF
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 7 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- NEXUS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Luci Windle
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Nexus Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Sheffield Heeley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 121
- URN
- 149087
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01144798000
About this school
Discovery Academy is a special academy in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 7 to 16 and has 121 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| 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% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -16.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -15.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -15.60 | - | - |
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.
Trends over time
How Discovery Academy 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61 |
| 2023/24 | 97 |
| 2024/25 | 108 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.33%
- English as an additional language
- 2.8%
- Overall absence
- 9.36%
- Persistent absence
- 27.19%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Willow Park School0.1 miles
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-
Seven Hills School0.2 miles
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-
Sheffield Inclusion Centre0.7 miles
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-
Freeman College0.7 miles
Other types · Sheffield
-
Sheffield Hallam University0.8 miles
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Common questions
- What year groups does Discovery Academy teach?
- Discovery Academy teaches children aged 7 to 16. It is a special school in Sheffield.
- Who is the headteacher of Discovery Academy?
- The headteacher of Discovery Academy is Mrs Luci Windle, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Discovery Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Discovery Academy, 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 Discovery Academy?
- Discovery Academy has 121 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 16.
- Is Discovery Academy full?
- Discovery Academy has capacity for 80 pupils and 121 on roll (151%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Discovery Academy a faith school?
- No. Discovery Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Discovery Academy a selective school?
- No. Discovery Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Discovery Academy?
- Discovery Academy is part of NEXUS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Discovery Academy'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 is Discovery Academy's absence rate?
- Discovery Academy's overall absence rate is 9.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Discovery Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Discovery Academy'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 10 July 2026.