Fir Vale Academy
Owler Lane, Sheffield, S4 8GB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Danny Bullock
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 931
- URN
- 151851
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01142439391
About this school
Fir Vale Academy is a secondary academy in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 931 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Fir Vale Academy, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Fir Vale School (URN 138925).
How Fir Vale Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 23% | — | 931 | — |
| UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park | 44 | 10.5% | 31.3% | 445 | 1.1 miles |
| Lift Firth Park | 32.7 | 13.5% | 54.3% | 1,115 | 1.3 miles |
| E-Act Parkwood Academy | 36.5 | 8.7% | 52.3% | 886 | 1.6 miles |
| UTC Sheffield City Centre | 39 | 9.6% | 29.6% | 543 | 2.4 miles |
| All Saints' Catholic High School | 49.9 | 7.7% | 27.2% | 1,404 | 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.
- Overall absence
- 23.03%
- Persistent absence
- 58.73%
Location
Nearby schools
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UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park1.1 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
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Lift Firth Park1.3 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
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E-Act Parkwood Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
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UTC Sheffield City Centre2.4 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
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All Saints' Catholic High School2.4 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
Other 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
- Forge Valley School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College Secondary
- High Storrs School Secondary
- King Ecgbert School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Fir Vale Academy teach?
- Fir Vale Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Sheffield.
- Who is the headteacher of Fir Vale Academy?
- The headteacher of Fir Vale Academy is Danny Bullock, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Fir Vale Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fir Vale 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 many pupils are at Fir Vale Academy?
- Fir Vale Academy has 931 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Fir Vale Academy full?
- Fir Vale Academy has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 931 on roll (89%), so it has space against 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 Fir Vale Academy a faith school?
- No. Fir Vale Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Fir Vale Academy part of an academy trust?
- Fir Vale Academy is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Fir Vale Academy's absence rate?
- Fir Vale Academy's overall absence rate is 23% in the latest published census.
- Does Fir Vale Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Fir Vale Academy. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.