Flags
3
1 high
Per-pupil income
£10,192.41
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
67.4%
DfE considers above 78% a concern
Reserves
-4.4%
of income
In-year balance
-2.5%
of income
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 19.5%.
School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 2.5% of income.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvement4 February 2025 · Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvementOverall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,419
Capacity
1,500 (95%)
Free school meals
52.6%
English additional lang.
71.0%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
FTE teachersⓘFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.
80.2
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
17.7
Mean salary
£52,650
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
15.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
45.0%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
5.7%
Unauthorised absence
9.8%
2024/25 · 1,588 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 | £12.7m | £12.4m | £7.9m | 62.4% | +£279k | £2.0m | 15.5% | £8,301 |
| 2022/23 | £13.8m | £13.0m | £8.5m | 61.9% | +£797k | £1.2m | 8.9% | £9,284 |
| 2023/24 | £14.8m | £15.1m | £10.0m | 67.4% | -£367k | -£650k | -4.4% | £10,192 |
Teaching staff
£5.6m
Support staff
£2.3m
Premises
£2.8m
Other costs
£2.4m
4.0%
Admin staff
0.7%
Energy
0.3%
ICT
10.6%
Premises (total)
8.9%
Supply staff
2.9%
Catering
5.0%
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 | —* | 29.1 | 32.7% | 17.1% | 2.2% | — | 275 |
* 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 | 85.0 | 17.4 | £40,981 | 9.3% | 0.0% | 11.8 |
| 2021/22 | 78.1 | 19.6 | £43,941 | 31.9% | 1.3% | 17.7 |
| 2022/23 | 59.8 | 24.9 | £43,646 | 22.1% | 1.6% | 8.5 |
| 2023/24 | 91.2 | 15.9 | £45,887 | 36.1% | 0.0% | 13.7 |
| 2024/25 | 80.2 | 17.7 | £52,650 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
15.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
45.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
5.7%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
9.8%
2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 6.5% | 4.4% | +2.2pp | 19.9% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 1,557 |
| 2014/15 | 6.9% | 4.5% | +2.4pp | 20.6% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 1,585 |
| 2015/16 | 6.9% | 4.5% | +2.4pp | 19.7% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 1,567 |
| 2016/17 | 7.7% | 4.6% | +3.1pp | 23.8% | 3.4% | 4.3% | 1,540 |
| 2017/18 | 8.2% | 4.8% | +3.5pp | 25.1% | 2.8% | 5.4% | 1,559 |
| 2018/19 | 7.5% | 4.6% | +2.8pp | 23.2% | 4.0% | 3.5% | 1,564 |
| 2020/21 | 11.2% | 4.5% | +6.7pp | 37.9% | 4.9% | 6.3% | 1,558 |
| 2021/22 | 18.0% | 7.1% | +10.9pp | 56.2% | 7.3% | 10.7% | 1,595 |
| 2022/23 | 18.9% | 6.8% | +12.0pp | 54.4% | 9.3% | 9.6% | 1,566 |
| 2023/24 | 19.5% | 6.6% | +13.0pp | 51.6% | 8.2% | 11.3% | 1,585 |
| 2024/25 | 15.5% | 6.2% | +9.3pp | 45.0% | 5.7% | 9.8% | 1,588 |
4 February 2025 · Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvementFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 2022 | — | Inadequate |