Contested schools in Sheffield

These are the Sheffield schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Sheffield

Secondary schools (18)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Sheffield, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Mercia School	194	385	1.98
Tapton School & Sixth Form	267	337	1.26
High Storrs School	244	302	1.24
Notre Dame High School	210	260	1.24
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College	204	231	1.13
Astrea Academy Sheffield	165	184	1.12
Hinde House 2-16 Academy	209	234	1.12
Westfield School	270	284	1.05
All Saints' Catholic High School	205	211	1.03
Oasis Academy Don Valley	148	153	1.03
Ecclesfield School	364	370	1.02
Forge Valley School & Sixth Form	268	274	1.02
Meadowhead School Academy Trust	339	345	1.02
King Ecgbert School	258	253	0.98
Yewlands Academy	179	172	0.96
Silverdale School	239	219	0.92
Newfield Secondary School	225	193	0.86
King Edward VII School	240	204	0.85

Primary schools (45)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Sheffield, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Netherthorpe Primary School	30	46	1.53
Arbourthorne Community Primary School	60	85	1.42
St Theresa's Catholic Primary School	30	41	1.37
Mosborough Primary School	61	82	1.34
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (Hallam)	60	78	1.30
St Joseph's Primary School	30	39	1.30
St Marie's School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy	30	39	1.30
Norton Free Church of England Primary School	30	37	1.23
Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School	60	72	1.20
Loxley Primary School	30	35	1.17
St Thomas More Catholic Primary, A Voluntary Academy	30	35	1.17
Grenoside Community Primary School	50	58	1.16
Totley Primary School	60	69	1.15
Dobcroft Nursery Infant School	90	101	1.12
Mundella Primary School	60	66	1.10
St John Fisher Primary, A Catholic Voluntary Academy	30	33	1.10
Nether Edge Primary School	60	65	1.08
Prince Edward Primary School	60	65	1.08
Charnock Hall Primary Academy	59	63	1.07
High Green Primary School	30	32	1.07
Oughtibridge Primary School	60	64	1.07
Hucklow Primary School	60	63	1.05
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School	30	31	1.03
Totley All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	30	31	1.03
Hallam Nursery & Primary School	90	92	1.02
Bradfield Dungworth Primary School	13	13	—
Meersbrook Bank Primary School	30	30	1
Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy	21	21	1
Stannington Infant School	59	59	1
Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School	51	51	1
Malin Bridge Primary School	75	74	0.99
Anns Grove Primary School	59	58	0.98
Ecclesfield Primary School	49	48	0.98
Hinde House 2-16 Academy	51	50	0.98
Coit Primary School	30	29	0.97
Greenhill Primary School	65	63	0.97
Stradbroke Primary School	58	56	0.97
Ballifield Primary School	60	57	0.95
St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy	22	21	0.95
Dore Primary School	55	50	0.91
Athelstan Primary School	89	80	0.90
Holt House Infant School	48	43	0.90
Broomhill Infant School	28	25	0.89
Parson Cross Church of England Primary School	23	20	0.87
Springfield Primary School	30	25	0.83

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.