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Oasis Academy Don Valley

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Academy sponsor led in Sheffield, S9 3TY, taking ages 2 to 16, 1,116 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Dec 2023
0.834 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
95% Full
51.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In the 2025/26 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Oasis Academy Don Valley lived 0.834 miles away, according to Sheffield. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.

Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close on 31 October 2026, with offers on 1 March 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.

The circle is 0.834 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.

This is not a catchment area. Most English schools do not have one. When Oasis Academy Don Valley 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. 0.834 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 1,116 pupils in 1,170 places (95% full)
TrustOASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING
Local authoritySheffield

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 19 December 2023
Attainment 8 36.8 (2024/25)
Meeting the expected standard 51.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearProgress 8
2024/25 not published
2023/24 -0.59
2022/23 -0.13

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Oasis Academy Don Valley

Girls and boys48.8% girls, 51.2% boys
English as an additional language54.0% of pupils
Free school meals67.0% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Where Oasis Academy Don Valley's Year 11 went next

Stayed for the sixth form28.1%
Sixth-form college16.7%
Further education college33.3%
Apprenticeship0.9%
Employment0.9%
No sustained destination recorded15.8%

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 Oasis Academy Don Valley

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.834 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is S96 at £125,000; the dearest, S9, £147,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
S96 Sheffield 0.5 mi £125,000 11 sales
S9 Sheffield 0.5 mi £147,000 20 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Oasis Academy Don Valley against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around S9: ages, selection, and how full each one is →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Oasis Academy Don Valley?

Oasis Academy Don Valley 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 0.834 miles away, per Sheffield.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Oasis Academy Don Valley?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.834 miles was enough in 2025/26. 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 Oasis Academy Don Valley 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.

Every Sheffield school's distance

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How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →

Admission distance published by Sheffield. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.