Mercia Northridge School
Wordsworth Avenue, South Yorkshire, Sheffield, S5 8NH
This school has not opened yet.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Joanna Crewe
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- URN
- 152560
- Local authority
- Sheffield
About this school
Mercia Northridge School will be a secondary academy in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 11 to 16.
Ofsted will inspect it once it opens.
Ofsted judgement
Mercia Northridge School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2026, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Before converting it was Chaucer School. The history below belongs to that predecessor school, not to the school as it runs today.
Predecessor school: Chaucer School (closed August 2026)
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
How Mercia Northridge School compares
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yewlands Academy | 37.3 | 10.8% | 41.3% | 884 | 0.6 miles |
| E-Act Parkwood Academy | 36.5 | 8.7% | 52.3% | 886 | 1.0 miles |
| Lift Firth Park | 32.7 | 13.5% | 54.3% | 1,115 | 1.7 miles |
| Ecclesfield School | 41.5 | 10.3% | 28.9% | 1,711 | 2.1 miles |
| Fir Vale Academy | — | 23% | — | 931 | 2.1 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.
Location
Nearby schools
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Yewlands Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
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E-Act Parkwood Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
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Lift Firth Park1.7 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
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Ecclesfield School2.1 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
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Fir Vale Academy2.1 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
- Fir Vale Academy Secondary
- Forge Valley School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College Secondary
- High Storrs School Secondary
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 9 July 2026.