Silverdale School

This article is about the school in Sheffield, England. For other uses, see Silverdale School (disambiguation).

Silverdale School
Address
Map
Bents Crescent

Sheffield
,
South Yorkshire
,
S11 9QH

England
Coordinates53°21′06″N 1°31′51″W / 53.35171°N 1.53071°W / 53.35171; -1.53071
Information
TypeAcademy
Department for Education URN139167 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherSarah Sims
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1461
Websitehttps://www.silverdale.chorustrust.org/

Silverdale School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is the founding school of Chorus Education Trust (formerly Silverdale Multi-Academy Trust). It opened in 1957 as a secondary modern school, and became a comprehensive school in 1969. It serves approximately 1,200 pupils from the local area, from ages 11 to 18. In 2004, Silverdale was placed 4th in Sheffield school performance exam league tables.[1] In 2017, Silverdale students achieved the top A-level results of all state schools in the city.[2] Recent Ofsted reports have placed the school in the good category, but placed the 6th form in outstanding, as of October 2022.[3] This is a downgrade from the outstanding the school scored in 2014.[4] In 2018, it was named the Sunday Times North State Secondary School of the Year.[5] In 2020, it was named Top State School of the North for the Decade by the Sunday Times.[6] The school converted to an academy school in January 2013.

  1. ^ 2005 exam results, BBC site. Retrieved 14 February 2007
  2. ^ "All schools and colleges in Sheffield – GOV.UK – Find and compare schools in England". Find and compare schools in England. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Silverdale School October 2022 Ofsted Report". Ofsted. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  4. ^ OFSTED report, October 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2022
  5. ^ McCall, Alastair (26 November 2017). "Best secondary schools in the North". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. ^ "A decade of success at Sheffield school celebrated with top accolade". The Star. Retrieved 24 February 2021.