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5 unusual facts about Education in Sheffield


Education in Sheffield

The first school to be built in England under the Act was Newhall School at Attercliffe in 1873.

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Formal education in Sheffield, a city in England, takes place at the city's two universities, 141 primary schools and 28 secondary schools.

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The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University combined bring 55,000 students to the city every year, including many from the Far East.

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There are also seven private schools, most notably Birkdale School and the Sheffield High School for Girls.

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Sheffield College is organised on a collegiate basis and was originally created from the merger of six colleges around the city, since reduced to three main centres: City in the city centre, Hillsborough in the north, and Norton in the south, each operating as semi-autonomous constituents of Sheffield College.



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