Tapton School & Sixth Form
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In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 3.16 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
How this compares: every Sheffield school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 3.16 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
Tapton School & Sixth Form: 3.16 miles, 2025/26 Forge Valley School & Sixth Form: 0.68 miles, 2025/26, published by Sheffield
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Tapton School & Sixth Form is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2025/26, from Sheffield. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Sheffield, published admission distances, 2025/26
Where Tapton School & Sixth Form and Forge Valley School & Sixth Form are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Forge Valley School & Sixth Form admitted from 0.68 miles in 2025/26, published by Sheffield. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is S6 at £210,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From Tapton School & Sixth Form | From Forge Valley School & Sixth Form | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S6 | Sheffield | 1.9 mi | 0.4 mi | £210,000 179 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Tapton School & Sixth Form that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greystones Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.81 mi 2025/26 | 0.9 mi |
| Hunter's Bar Infant School Both in reach | Primary | 0.79 mi 2025/26 | 1.0 mi |
| King Edward VII School Both in reach | Secondary | 3.86 mi 2025/26 | 1.0 mi |
| High Storrs School Both in reach | Secondary | 1.39 mi 2025/26 | 1.2 mi |
| Forge Valley School & Sixth Form Both in reach | Secondary | 0.68 mi 2025/26 | 1.6 mi |
| Silverdale School Both in reach | Secondary | 2.05 mi 2025/26 | 1.7 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| How full | 1,747 pupils in 1,568 places (111% full, over capacity) |
| Trust | INOVA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Attainment 8 | 58.0 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | +0.54 |
| 2022/23 | +0.71 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Tapton School & Sixth Form
| Girls and boys | 49.9% girls, 50.1% boys |
| English as an additional language | 25.0% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 18.1% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Tapton School & Sixth Form's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 65.8% |
| Sixth-form college | 3.4% |
| Further education college | 21.3% |
| Apprenticeship | 1.9% |
| Employment | 0.8% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 3.4% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of Tapton School & Sixth Form
Cheapest district inside the 3.16 miles: S1, median £133,000. Dearest: S11, £325,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | Sheffield | 2.1 mi | £133,000 27 sales |
| S2 | Sheffield | 3.0 mi | £171,000 96 sales |
| S3 | Sheffield | 2.1 mi | £180,000 64 sales |
| S6 | Sheffield | 1.9 mi | £210,000 179 sales |
| S7 | Sheffield | 1.8 mi | £245,000 146 sales |
| S8 | Sheffield | 3.0 mi | £250,000 186 sales |
| S11 | Sheffield | 1.1 mi | £325,000 122 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 3.16 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Tapton School & Sixth Form by bus
Best-served stop: Fulwood Road/Tapton Park Road, 0.2 mi away, with 8.3 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 05:16, last 00:19 after midnight.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darwin Lane/Tetney Road | 0.1 mi | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 751 |
| Fulwood Road/Tapton Park Road | 0.2 mi | 7.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 120, 120K, 784, 785 |
| Fulwood Road/Tapton Park Road | 0.2 mi | 8.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 120, 120K, 779, 780, 782, 784 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Tapton School & Sixth Form?
Tapton School & Sixth Form does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 3.16 miles away, per Sheffield.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Tapton School & Sixth Form?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 3.16 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 111% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Tapton School & Sixth Form guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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