Newfield Secondary School

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Newfield secondary school is a coeducational secondary school with academy status for 11 - 16-year-old children, situated in the south of the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, specifically in the Norton Lees area. It is co-located with a special school (the Talbot specialist school) with which it has some collaborative arrangements. There are approximately 1000 students at the school. The current headteachers Mr D Webster and Miss E Anderson, who took over from Mr T Eldridge in October 2015. In 2013 the school was sponsored to become an academy as part of its ongoing partnership with King Ecgbert School, with Lesley Bowes assuming the role of executive headteacher.Physical aspects of the schoolThe school has its own private drive from Lees Hall Road which leads on to a shared grounds with Talbot Specialist School and the Sheffield South City Learning Centre . The school is contained in a single building, attached on one side to the Talbot building. To the right of the main building are the sports facilities, including a large field, astroturf and tennis courts.New buildThe school's rebuild, begun in summer 2007 and completed in January 2009, brought new facilities so that the school, including a recording room, a gym with seats for spectators and astroturf football pitches. A new purpose-built specialist school, The Talbot specialist school, was also constructed as part of the rebuild; it is located on the lower field.Academic performanceThe percentage of students achieving five or more A* - C grades at GCSE level (or equivalent) was 55% in 2011; 88% passed five or more GCSEs at any grade (A*–G), and 96% of all pupils achieved at least one qualification. When specifically including English and maths GCSEs, the percentage of students achieving five or more GCSEs at A*–C grade was 35% in 2011 (down from 44% in 2010). This compares with 49.4% for all secondary schools in the Sheffield local authority area, and 58.9% for England as a whole.