Elements Academy
Doe Quarry Lane, Dinnington, Sheffield, S25 2NF
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools special
- Ages
- 7 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ETHOS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Farr
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Ethos Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Rother Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 170
- URN
- 149188
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01909212231
About this school
Elements Academy is a special academy in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 7 to 16 and has 170 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 16 | 14 | 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% | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 14% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 7% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 90.0 | 94.0 | 90.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 88.0 | 95.0 | 88.0 |
| Reading progress | -12.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | - | - | - |
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 | 17 | 36 | 34 |
| Attainment 8 score | 7.2 | 5.3 | 2.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.83 -2.54 to -1.11 | -2.53 -3.04 to -2.03 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 5.6% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 5.6% | 2.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
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 Elements 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 | Rotherham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 51.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 55.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 55.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Rotherham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2 | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.3 | 36 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 2.1 | 33.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 21.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 39.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 37.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 131 |
| 2023/24 | 170 |
| 2024/25 | 174 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 72.99%
- English as an additional language
- 2.9%
- Overall absence
- 37.32%
- Persistent absence
- 75.42%
Location
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-
The Willows School2.5 miles
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-
Hilltop School3.8 miles
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River Valley3.9 miles
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-
Abbeywood School4.0 miles
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-
Sutherland House School Braithwell4.8 miles
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- Discovery Academy Free Schools
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- Kenwood Academy Academies
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Common questions
- What year groups does Elements Academy teach?
- Elements Academy teaches children aged 7 to 16. It is a special school in Sheffield.
- Who is the headteacher of Elements Academy?
- The headteacher of Elements Academy is Mr Paul Farr, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Elements Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Elements 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 Elements Academy?
- Elements Academy has 170 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 16.
- Is Elements Academy full?
- Elements Academy has capacity for 140 pupils and 170 on roll (121%), 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 Elements Academy a faith school?
- No. Elements Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Elements Academy a selective school?
- No. Elements Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Elements Academy?
- Elements Academy is part of ETHOS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Elements Academy have?
- The schools register lists Elements Academy's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Elements 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 Elements Academy's absence rate?
- Elements Academy's overall absence rate is 37.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Elements Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Elements 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.