Edgar Wood Academy

URN 148596·Secondary·Free schools·Altus Education Partnership·Compare

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Workforce pressure indicatorsOverall absence at 8.8%Requires improvement — Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & managementOverall absence at 9.7%
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Nov 2023Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£8,922.27

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

64.7%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

0.0%

of income

In-year balance

+11.3%

of income

Key indicators

Workforce pressure indicators

Elevated: turnover 50.0%, sickness 12.7 days.

Overall absence at 8.8%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 8.8%.

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

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

Overall absence at 9.7%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 9.7%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

21 November 2023 · S5 Inspection

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour & attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Good

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.
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

637

Capacity

900 (71%)

Free school meals

41.3%

English additional lang.

14.4%

Ethnicity

White British 68.9%Asian 5.3%Black 8.6%Mixed 6.9%Chinese 1.3%Other 1.4%

Age range: 1116

Workforce

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

37.0

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

17.2

Mean salary

£48,224

Turnover

Vacancy rate

2.6%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

9.7%

National avg: 6.2%

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

30.7%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

4.0%

Unauthorised absence

5.7%

2024/25 · 680 pupils