Flags
1
0 high
Per-pupil income
£8,113.39
2024/25
Staff costs % of income
77.8%
DfE considers above 78% a concern
Reserves
10.1%
of income
In-year balance
+1.1%
of income
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Leadership & management.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
GoodPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement28 January 2025 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
GoodPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvementOverall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,396
Capacity
1,394 (100%)
Free school meals
28.7%
English additional lang.
4.6%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
FTE teachersⓘFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.
95.0
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
14.7
Mean salary
£51,972
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
7.3%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
16.8%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
3.8%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
2024/25 · 1,420 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 | £8.4m | £7.8m | £6.3m | 75.6% | +£560k | £663k | 7.9% | £6,366 |
| 2022/23 | £9.5m | £9.0m | £6.9m | 72.8% | +£460k | £1.1m | 11.9% | £6,990 |
| 2023/24 | £10.2m | £10.3m | £7.7m | 75.6% | -£109k | £1.0m | 10.0% | £7,338 |
| 2024/25 | £11.3m | £11.2m | £8.8m | 77.8% | +£131k | £1.1m | 10.1% | £8,113 |
Teaching staff
£6.6m
Support staff
£1.5m
Premises
£574k
Other costs
£1.8m
4.4%
Admin staff
2.3%
Energy
1.0%
ICT
7.4%
Premises (total)
0.1%
Supply staff
1.8%
Catering
1.1%
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 | —* | 44.3 | 63.1% | 48.2% | 20.1% | — | 274 |
* 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 | 79.5 | 15.8 | £42,006 | 7.3% | 0.0% | 5.9 |
| 2021/22 | 85.7 | 15.3 | £42,416 | 4.4% | 0.0% | 4.2 |
| 2022/23 | 91.0 | 14.9 | £44,647 | 16.5% | 0.0% | 4.2 |
| 2023/24 | 94.7 | 14.6 | £49,116 | 8.2% | 0.0% | 3.8 |
| 2024/25 | 95.0 | 14.7 | £51,972 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
7.3%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
16.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
3.8%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 5.9% | 4.4% | +1.5pp | 15.0% | 3.8% | 2.1% | 1,062 |
| 2014/15 | 6.0% | 4.5% | +1.5pp | 14.0% | 3.9% | 2.1% | 997 |
| 2015/16 | 5.5% | 4.5% | +1.1pp | 12.0% | 3.5% | 2.0% | 983 |
| 2016/17 | 5.6% | 4.6% | +1.0pp | 15.9% | 3.7% | 1.9% | 1,026 |
| 2017/18 | 6.4% | 4.8% | +1.6pp | 17.6% | 4.1% | 2.3% | 1,115 |
| 2018/19 | 6.9% | 4.6% | +2.2pp | 16.4% | 4.4% | 2.4% | 1,159 |
| 2020/21 | 5.9% | 4.5% | +1.4pp | 16.3% | 3.8% | 2.1% | 1,286 |
| 2021/22 | 8.7% | 7.1% | +1.6pp | 25.2% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 1,360 |
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% | +1.1pp | 21.5% | 4.6% | 3.3% | 1,386 |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% | +1.0pp | 19.2% | 4.1% | 3.5% | 1,408 |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% | +1.1pp | 16.8% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 1,420 |
28 January 2025 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
GoodPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvementFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2016 | — | Good |