Mercia Northridge School
Mercia Northridge School is a sponsored academy in Sheffield for pupils aged 11 to 16.
Wordsworth Avenue, South Yorkshire, Sheffield, S5 8NHJoanna Crewe headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2026: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
159 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England. These are the results of Chaucer School, the school this one replaced.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025† | 2024† | 2023† | 2022† | 2019† | 2018† | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 159 | 158 | 166 | 165 | 131 | 132 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 29.3 | 28.0 | 30.4 | 29.7 | 29.7 | 33.9 | 45.2 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -1.14 | -1.08 | -1.25 | -1.02 | -0.56 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 16% | 21% | 19% | 19% | 15% | 21% | 44% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 37% | 41% | 36% | 32% | 31% | 40% | 64% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 2.38 | 2.41 | 2.46 | 2.26 | 2.21 | 2.55 | 4.01 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 11% | 30% | 31% | 18% | 2% | 8% | 40% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: low-income pupilsAttainment 8, disadvantaged | 25.3 | 20.4 | 26.7 | 24.1 | 25.6 | 27.9 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged | 35.7 | 40.0 | 35.8 | 36.3 | 35.5 | 40.1 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 14.9 | 18.3 | 20.4 | 13.7 | 20.9 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers | – | 46.3 | 57.4 | 54.9 | 48.2 | 49.7 | – | – |
† These results are for Chaucer School, the school this one replaced in September 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 3 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Sheffield council has drawn an official catchment area for this school. You can see it on the map below; it covers about 4.9 square kilometres. Living inside it moves your child up the queue when there are more applicants than places. It doesn't guarantee a place: the council's admissions rules decide the order.
Set your home postcode at the top of the page to see whether you live inside it.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Sheffield council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What a home inside the catchment costs
Every home sold inside the council's catchment area, of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 87.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 12.5% | 18.2% | 20.7% | 15.3% | 11.3% | 7.7% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 5.2% | 6.4% | 7.2% | 6.3% | 6.6% | 2.2% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 7.4% | 11.8% | 13.5% | 9.0% | 4.7% | 5.5% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 37.6% | 47.7% | 53.9% | 48.7% | 35.1% | 23.0% | 23.9% |
† These attendance figures are for Chaucer School, the school this one replaced in September 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yewlands Academy | Academy | 890 m | 884 | No overall grade 2024 | 14 | Compare |
| E-Act Parkwood Academy | Academy | 1.0 miles | 886 | Good 2023 | 30 | Compare |
| Lift Firth Park | Academy | 1.7 miles | 1,115 | No overall grade 2025 | 3 | Compare |
| Ecclesfield School | Academy | 2.1 miles | 1,711 | Good 2022 | 27 | Compare |
| Fir Vale Academy | Academy | 2.1 miles | 931 | No overall grade 2025 | 1 | Compare |
| Hinde House 2-16 Academy | Academy | 2.3 miles | 1,456 | Report card 2026 | 28 | Compare |
| Forge Valley School & Sixth Form | Academy | 2.4 miles | 1,494 | Good 2024 | 49 | Compare |
| Astrea Academy Sheffield | Free school | 2.4 miles | 1,070 | Good 2022 | 59 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Mercia Northridge School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Mercia Northridge School yet.
How good are Mercia Northridge School's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 16% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 29.3, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished about a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does Mercia Northridge School have?
The number of pupils is not published.
What is attendance like at Mercia Northridge School?
Pupils were in school 87.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 38% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Wordsworth Avenue, South Yorkshire, Sheffield, S5 8NH
- Headteacher
- Joanna Crewe
- Type of school
- Sponsored academy (Academy sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-16
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Mercia Learning Trust (8 schools)
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Ward
- Southey
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2026 (fresh start)
- URN
- 152560 · LAESTAB 3734019 · UKPRN 10101068
- Formerly
- Chaucer School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Catchment area: Sheffield council open data (Open Government Licence), reprojected to WGS84.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.