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Fir Vale School

URN: 138925

Address: Owler Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S4 8GB

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 25 February 2025:

Quality of education:

Requires Improvement

Behaviour and attitudes:

Requires Improvement

Personal development:

Good

Leadership and management:

Requires Improvement

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 23 April 2025
    PDF – Published

  2. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 13 March 2024
    PDF – Published

  3. School inspection: Requires ImprovementSchool inspection, PDF - 14 December 2022
    PDF – Published

  4. Full inspection: Requires ImprovementFull inspection, PDF - 28 March 2019
    PDF – Published

  5. Full inspection: GoodFull inspection, PDF - 19 June 2015
    PDF – Published

  6. Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit, PDF - 16 April 2015
    PDF – Published

  7. Monitoring visit Monitoring visit, PDF - 30 October 2013
    PDF – Published

  8. Full inspection: Requires ImprovementFull inspection, PDF - 10 September 2013
    PDF – Published

  9. Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter, PDF - 06 November 2012
    PDF – Published
  10. Opened
  11. Previously Fir Vale School Closed

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About Fir Vale School

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Does Not Apply
  • Local authority: Sheffield

Pupils

  • Age Range: 11 - 16
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 981
  • School capacity: 1050

Location

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  • Address: Owler Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S4 8GB
  • Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

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