Education and Learning
Sheffield Children & Young People’s Service maintains:
- 137 primary schools offering education for children aged 5 to 11 years old
- 25 secondary schools providing comprehensive education to 11 to 16 year olds. Seven of these secondary schools have sixth-forms, offering courses to young people to age 19. There are also two academies run by the United Learning Trust.
- a sixth-form college also providing a wide range of post-16 education
- and 9 nurseries and young children’s centres and 13 Special schools
The city has two universities – the University of Sheffield and the Sheffield Hallam University – with over 50,000 students.
Information on qualifications is available in the Sheffield Economy pages. Further information is also available from our Learning & Skills pages.
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