Flags
5
2 high
Per-pupil income
£34,351.85
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
70.2%
DfE considers above 78% a concern
Reserves
3.2%
of income
In-year balance
-2.6%
of income
Elevated: turnover 27.8%, vacancy rate 45.5%.
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 42.8%.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes.
School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 2.6% of income.
Elevated: sickness 21.7 days.
4 February 2020 · Academy First Section 5
This inspection is over 6 years old. The school may have changed significantly since then.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Good2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
48
Capacity
63 (76%)
Free school meals
83.3%
English additional lang.
0.0%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
FTE teachersⓘFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.
9.6
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
5.0
Mean salary
£48,768
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
42.8%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
87.5%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
23.9%
Unauthorised absence
18.9%
2024/25 · 64 pupils
| Year | Total income | Total expenditure | Staff costs | Staff %ⓘTotal staff-related spending as a proportion of income. DfE considers above 78% a potential concern. | In-year balanceⓘIncome minus expenditure for the year, as a percentage of income. Negative means spending exceeded income. | ReservesⓘAccumulated surplus funds carried forward. Expressed as a percentage of annual income. | Reserves % | Per-pupil income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.1m | 77.4% | -£111k | £167k | 11.8% | £30,085 |
| 2022/23 | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.1m | 73.0% | -£49k | -£10k | -0.7% | £28,182 |
| 2023/24 | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.3m | 70.2% | -£49k | £60k | 3.2% | £34,352 |
Teaching staff
£482k
Support staff
£188k
Premises
£156k
Other costs
£445k
10.5%
Admin staff
3.6%
Energy
0.8%
ICT
10.3%
Premises (total)
22.2%
Supply staff
5.5%
Catering
2.8%
Professional services
| Year | Progress 8ⓘMeasures how much progress pupils make between KS2 and KS4, compared to pupils with similar starting points. 0 is average; positive means above average. | Attainment 8ⓘAverage score across 8 GCSE-equivalent subjects. Higher is better. National average is around 46. | Basics 9–4ⓘPercentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs. | Basics 9–5 | EBacc entryⓘPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography. | Disadv. | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | —* | 1.5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 14 |
* Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25. This cohort's KS2 SATs (2018/19) were the last before COVID-19 disruptions, and the DfE determined the baseline was not reliable enough for progress measures. Learn more
| Year | FTE teachersⓘFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally. | Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes. | Mean salary | Turnover | Vacancy rate | Sickness (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 10.2 | 4.9 | £41,838 | 9.8% | 8.9% | 3.0 |
| 2021/22 | 9.2 | 5.1 | £45,710 | 71.7% | 0.0% | 34.0 |
| 2022/23 | 3.6 | 15.3 | £45,174 | 27.8% | 45.5% | — |
| 2023/24 | — | — | — | 13.3% | —% | 21.7 |
| 2024/25 | 9.6 | 5.0 | £48,768 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
42.8%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
87.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
23.9%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
18.9%
2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016/17 | 32.6% | 4.6% | +28.0pp | 76.5% | 16.4% | 16.2% | 51 |
| 2017/18 | 30.1% | 4.8% | +25.3pp | 80.3% | 18.5% | 11.6% | 66 |
| 2018/19 | 30.2% | 4.6% | +25.6pp | 86.7% | 18.0% | 12.3% | 60 |
| 2020/21 | 41.6% | 4.5% | +37.1pp | 96.9% | 28.4% | 13.2% | 64 |
| 2021/22 | 59.7% | 7.1% | +52.5pp | 100.0% | 33.8% | 25.9% | 55 |
| 2022/23 | 52.3% | 6.8% | +45.5pp | 92.7% | 28.5% | 23.8% | 68 |
| 2023/24 | 50.7% | 6.6% | +44.2pp | 93.2% | 24.7% | 26.0% | 59 |
| 2024/25 | 42.8% | 6.2% | +36.6pp | 87.5% | 23.9% | 18.9% | 64 |
4 February 2020 · Academy First Section 5
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Good