Icknield Community College

URN 143984·Secondary·Academy converter·Acer Trust·Compare

Flags

2

0 high

Workforce pressure indicatorsOverall absence at 8.0%
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Mar 2015Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£7,325.14

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

71.9%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

7.2%

of income

In-year balance

+4.6%

of income

Key indicators

Workforce pressure indicators

Elevated: turnover 19.8%.

Overall absence at 8.0%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 8.0%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Good

19 March 2015 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1

Leadership & management

Good

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 46.51.2
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.66.2%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)51.5%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.66.9%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

766

Capacity

700 (109%)

Free school meals

13.9%

English additional lang.

3.3%

Ethnicity

White British 86.4%Asian 0.9%Black 1.2%Mixed 5.0%Other 1.0%

Age range: 1116

Workforce

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

45.8

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

16.7

Mean salary

£51,000

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

8.0%

National avg: 6.2%

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

21.2%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

6.4%

Unauthorised absence

1.6%

2024/25 · 788 pupils