Flags
2
0 high
Per-pupil income
£8,670.93
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
68.4%
DfE considers above 78% a concern
Reserves
11.0%
of income
In-year balance
+3.5%
of income
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 8.5%.
5 October 2022 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvement2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,051
Capacity
1,180 (89%)
Free school meals
35.7%
English additional lang.
18.1%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–18
FTE teachersⓘFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.
59.7
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
17.6
Mean salary
£42,579
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
8.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
26.5%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
5.8%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
2024/25 · 988 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 | £8.1m | £7.9m | £5.9m | 73.1% | +£204k | £461k | 5.7% | £7,077 |
| 2022/23 | £8.6m | £8.4m | £6.3m | 73.0% | +£247k | £708k | 8.2% | £7,976 |
| 2023/24 | £9.5m | £9.2m | £6.5m | 68.4% | +£329k | £1.0m | 11.0% | £8,671 |
Teaching staff
£4.5m
Support staff
£929k
Premises
£27k
Other costs
£2.6m
3.4%
Admin staff
5.2%
Energy
0.3%
ICT
5.2%
Premises (total)
1.1%
Supply staff
1.5%
Catering
0.8%
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 | —* | 41.7 | 60.4% | 39.6% | 21.4% | — | 187 |
* 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 | 69.8 | 16.2 | £37,322 | 13.3% | 1.4% | 2.3 |
| 2021/22 | 70.1 | 16.4 | £36,606 | 22.3% | 1.4% | 6.2 |
| 2022/23 | 64.5 | 16.8 | £36,925 | 18.6% | 4.4% | — |
| 2023/24 | 63.0 | 17.4 | £40,026 | 21.4% | 0.0% | 8.1 |
| 2024/25 | 59.7 | 17.6 | £42,579 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
8.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
26.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
5.8%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 5.6% | 4.4% | +1.2pp | 17.4% | 4.5% | 1.1% | 912 |
| 2014/15 | 4.8% | 4.5% | +0.3pp | 14.8% | 3.9% | 0.9% | 872 |
| 2015/16 | 4.8% | 4.5% | +0.3pp | 12.9% | 4.3% | 0.4% | 902 |
| 2016/17 | 5.6% | 4.6% | +1.0pp | 16.8% | 4.6% | 0.9% | 883 |
| 2017/18 | 7.1% | 4.8% | +2.3pp | 19.0% | 6.0% | 1.0% | 895 |
| 2018/19 | 6.2% | 4.6% | +1.5pp | 18.3% | 4.8% | 1.3% | 941 |
| 2020/21 | 6.2% | 4.5% | +1.7pp | 19.7% | 4.9% | 1.4% | 1,029 |
| 2021/22 | 8.4% | 7.1% | +1.3pp | 26.9% | 6.2% | 2.3% | 1,050 |
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% | +3.0pp | 31.9% | 6.7% | 3.1% | 1,031 |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 6.6% | +2.2pp | 25.5% | 5.9% | 2.9% | 1,041 |
| 2024/25 | 8.5% | 6.2% | +2.3pp | 26.5% | 5.8% | 2.7% | 988 |
5 October 2022 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvement| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Apr 2016 | URN 110882 | Good |