Lotus Academy
Lindsay Road, Sheffield, S5 7WE
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 6 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- NEXUS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Nigel Roberson
- Sponsor
- Nexus Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 108
- URN
- 150029
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Telephone
- 01142456305
About this school
Lotus Academy is a special academy in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 6 to 16 and has 108 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Holgate Meadows School (URN 126712).
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 18% |
| Expected standard in maths | 9% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 9% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 12 |
| Attainment 8 score | 9.8 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 16.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.4 |
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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 87.78%
- English as an additional language
- 5.6%
- Overall absence
- 31.82%
- Persistent absence
- 70.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woolley Wood School1.0 miles
Special schools · Sheffield
-
Abbey School2.5 miles
Academies · Rotherham
-
Bethany School2.9 miles
Independent schools · Sheffield
-
Kelford School3.0 miles
Academies · Rotherham
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Sheffield Hallam University3.2 miles
Universities · Sheffield
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- Mossbrook School Special schools
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Common questions
- What year groups does Lotus Academy teach?
- Lotus Academy teaches children aged 6 to 16. It is a special school in Sheffield.
- Who is the headteacher of Lotus Academy?
- The headteacher of Lotus Academy is Mr Nigel Roberson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lotus Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lotus 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 Lotus Academy?
- Lotus Academy has 108 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 6 to 16.
- Is Lotus Academy full?
- Lotus Academy has capacity for 100 pupils and 108 on roll (108%), 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 Lotus Academy a faith school?
- No. Lotus Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Lotus Academy?
- Lotus 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.
- What is Lotus Academy's absence rate?
- Lotus Academy's overall absence rate is 31.8% in the latest published census.
- What are Lotus Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lotus 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 3 July 2026.