Aston Academy

URN 136718·Secondary·Academy converter·Aston Community Education Trust·Compare

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Overall absence at 10.2%Requires improvement — Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & managementOverall absence at 9.0%
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Dec 2023Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£6,595.61

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

77.7%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

-1.6%

of income

In-year balance

+0.4%

of income

Key indicators

Overall absence at 10.2%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 10.2%.

Requires improvement — Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management

Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.

Overall absence at 9.0%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 9.0%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

5 December 2023 · S5 Inspection

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour & attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership & management

Requires improvement
SafeguardingEffective

Performance snapshot

Progress 8Measures how much progress pupils make between KS2 and KS4, compared to pupils with similar starting points. 0 is average; positive means above average.
Attainment 8Average score across 8 GCSE-equivalent subjects. Higher is better. National average is around 46.44.2
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.63.4%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)44.9%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.36.2%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

1,508

Capacity

1,800 (84%)

Free school meals

20.3%

English additional lang.

6.2%

Ethnicity

White British 83.6%Asian 4.8%Black 3.0%Mixed 5.1%Chinese 0.8%Other 0.8%

Age range: 1118

Workforce

FTE teachersFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.

90.4

Pupil:teacher ratioNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.

16.7

Mean salary

£50,066

Turnover

Vacancy rate

1.1%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

9.0%

National avg: 6.2%

Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.

26.0%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

4.9%

Unauthorised absence

4.1%

2024/25 · 1,398 pupils