Flags
4
2 high
Per-pupil income
£7,421
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
82.6%
DfE considers above 78% a concern
Reserves
2.4%
of income
In-year balance
-7.9%
of income
Sector median is approximately 75%. Current level: 82.6%.
School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 7.9% of income.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.
Elevated: vacancy rate 4.9%.
27 September 2022 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvement2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
965
Capacity
1,065 (91%)
Free school meals
15.1%
English additional lang.
8.0%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
FTE teachersⓘFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.
58.1
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
16.6
Mean salary
£54,745
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
4.9%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
7.2%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
19.6%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
5.4%
Unauthorised absence
1.8%
2024/25 · 984 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 | £6.8m | £6.8m | £5.4m | 80.2% | -£85k | £1.0m | 15.5% | £6,346 |
| 2022/23 | £7.5m | £7.8m | £5.6m | 74.3% | -£266k | £780k | 10.4% | £7,284 |
| 2023/24 | £7.6m | £8.2m | £6.2m | 82.6% | -£597k | £183k | 2.4% | £7,421 |
Teaching staff
£4.6m
Support staff
£873k
Premises
£409k
Other costs
£1.5m
| 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 | —* | 42.1 | 63.6% | 41.5% | 25.6% | — | 195 |
* 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 | 60.6 | 17.1 | £48,372 | 6.6% | 0.0% | 9.2 |
| 2021/22 | 61.4 | 17.3 | £50,172 | 22.1% | 1.6% | 13.1 |
| 2022/23 | 60.5 | 17.0 | £51,377 | 17.2% | 1.6% | 9.6 |
| 2023/24 | 63.9 | 16.0 | £54,925 | 31.0% | 3.0% | — |
| 2024/25 | 58.1 | 16.6 | £54,745 | —% | 4.9% | — |
Overall absence
7.2%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
19.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
5.4%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
1.8%
2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 4.7% | 4.4% | +0.3pp | 10.0% | 4.4% | 0.4% | 1,060 |
| 2014/15 | 5.0% | 4.5% | +0.5pp | 12.0% | 4.4% | 0.6% | 1,047 |
| 2015/16 | 4.5% | 4.5% | +0.0pp | 9.3% | 3.9% | 0.6% | 1,053 |
| 2016/17 | 4.4% | 4.6% | -0.2pp | 8.6% | 3.7% | 0.7% | 1,058 |
| 2017/18 | 4.9% | 4.8% | +0.2pp | 12.0% | 4.3% | 0.7% | 1,066 |
| 2018/19 | 5.0% | 4.6% | +0.4pp | 11.3% | 4.1% | 0.9% | 1,078 |
| 2020/21 | 4.6% | 4.5% | +0.1pp | 10.5% | 3.7% | 0.8% | 1,060 |
| 2021/22 | 7.7% | 7.1% | +0.5pp | 23.1% | 6.2% | 1.5% | 1,084 |
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% | +1.1pp | 23.2% | 6.2% | 1.8% | 1,071 |
| 2023/24 | 8.0% | 6.6% | +1.4pp | 23.7% | 6.1% | 1.9% | 1,050 |
| 2024/25 | 7.2% | 6.2% | +1.0pp | 19.6% | 5.4% | 1.8% | 984 |
27 September 2022 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvement| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Sept 2018 | URN 137368 | Requires improvement |