Billing Brook Special School

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Staff costs at 88.2% of incomeIn-year deficit of 5.2%Workforce pressure indicators
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Jun 2015Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£21,888.89

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

88.2%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

42.9%

of income

In-year balance

-5.3%

of income

Key indicators

Staff costs at 88.2% of income

Sector median is approximately 75%. Current level: 88.2%.

In-year deficit of 5.2%

School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 5.2% of income.

Workforce pressure indicators

Elevated: turnover 17.3%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

17 June 2015 · S5 Inspection

Leadership & management

Outstanding

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

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

256

Capacity

220 (116%)

Free school meals

39.2%

English additional lang.

15.2%

Ethnicity

White British 66.4%Asian 7.9%Black 12.9%Mixed 7.5%Other 0.4%

Age range: 419

Workforce

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

35.9

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

7.1

Mean salary

£45,664

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

6.4%

National avg: 6.2%

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

16.0%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

5.6%

Unauthorised absence

0.8%

2024/25 · 219 pupils