Axe Valley Academy

URN 144392·Secondary·Academy sponsor led·Blackdown Education Partnership·Compare

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Overall absence at 11.7%
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Sept 2023Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£7,324.09

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

74.6%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

2.1%

of income

In-year balance

+4.3%

of income

Key indicators

Overall absence at 11.7%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 11.7%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Good

19 September 2023 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour & attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership & management

Good
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 46.39.2
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.58.0%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)30.4%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.28.3%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

757

Capacity

750 (101%)

Free school meals

29.2%

English additional lang.

5.5%

Ethnicity

White British 86.9%Asian 4.3%Black 1.0%Mixed 3.2%Other 1.7%

Age range: 1116

Workforce

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

41.9

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

18.1

Mean salary

£50,257

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

11.7%

National avg: 6.2%

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

33.1%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

7.0%

Unauthorised absence

4.7%

2024/25 · 782 pupils