Special academy · Sheffield
Lotus Academy
- Special
- Ages 6–16
Term dates
Special academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Sheffield council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places at special schools are usually arranged through an education, health and care (EHC) plan, agreed with the council.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 23 March 2022. Overall: Inadequate It was inspected as Holgate Meadows School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Special academy
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- 6–16
- Pupils
- 108 (capacity 100)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- NEXUS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01142456305
- Address
- Lindsay Road, Sheffield, S5 7WE
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.