Flags
3
1 high
Per-pupil income
£8,665.69
2024/25
Staff costs % of income
70.6%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
5.1%
of income
In-year balance
-2.3%
of income
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 11.4%.
School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 2.3% 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 improvement14 January 2025 · S5 Inspection
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,111
Capacity
1,156 (96%)
Free school meals
41.4%
English additional lang.
8.6%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in North East, matched by FSM%, SEN%, and size. Differences reflect school strategy and context, not performance.
Peer percentile + trajectory. DfE range: 5-20% of income.
Peer percentile + agency/supply adjustment. DfE threshold: 80%.
In-year balance + pupil trend + income diversity.
FTE teachersⓘFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.
72.2
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
15.4
Mean salary
£48,424
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
11.4%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
33.6%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
7.5%
Unauthorised absence
3.9%
2024/25 · 1,162 pupils
| Year | Total income | Total expenditure | Staff costs | Staff %ⓘTotal staff-related spending as a proportion of income. DfE review threshold: 78% of income. | 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 | £8.0m | £7.7m | £5.2m | 65.2% | +£274k | £323k | 4.0% | £7,627 |
| 2022/23 | £8.3m | £8.2m | £5.4m | 64.6% | +£73k | £396k | 4.8% | £7,734 |
| 2023/24 | £9.0m | £8.7m | £6.0m | 66.7% | +£309k | £705k | 7.8% | £8,232 |
| 2024/25 | £9.6m | £9.8m | £6.8m | 70.6% | -£217k | £487k | 5.1% | £8,666 |
Teaching staff
£4.9m
Support staff
£1.1m
Premises
£918k
Other costs
£2.1m
4.3%
Admin staff
2.3%
Energy
2.9%
ICT
10.5%
Premises (total)
2.7%
Supply staff
1.2%
Catering
13.9%
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 | —* | 41.9 | 63.7% | 35.4% | 42.5% | — | 212 |
* 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 | 63.1 | 16.7 | £36,677 | 17.4% | 0.0% | 4.3 |
| 2021/22 | 61.1 | 17.1 | £36,757 | 9.8% | 0.0% | 9.5 |
| 2022/23 | 62.1 | 17.3 | £35,812 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 6.6 |
| 2023/24 | 67.2 | 16.3 | £38,964 | 4.5% | 0.0% | 7.0 |
| 2024/25 | 72.2 | 15.4 | £48,424 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
11.4%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
33.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
7.5%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
3.9%
2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 4.7% | 4.4% | +0.4pp | 11.1% | 3.7% | 1.0% | 850 |
| 2014/15 | 5.5% | 4.5% | +0.9pp | 14.3% | 4.1% | 1.3% | 802 |
| 2015/16 | 4.5% | 4.5% | +0.0pp | 9.0% | 3.4% | 1.2% | 787 |
| 2016/17 | 5.1% | 4.6% | +0.5pp | 11.5% | 3.8% | 1.3% | 803 |
| 2017/18 | 5.2% | 4.8% | +0.4pp | 11.5% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 823 |
| 2018/19 | 5.6% | 4.6% | +1.0pp | 13.7% | 3.4% | 2.2% | 924 |
| 2020/21 | 7.5% | 4.5% | +3.0pp | 22.1% | 4.7% | 2.8% | 1,097 |
| 2021/22 | 9.6% | 7.1% | +2.5pp | 32.4% | 7.7% | 1.9% | 1,098 |
| 2022/23 | 9.9% | 6.8% | +3.1pp | 30.0% | 7.2% | 2.8% | 1,120 |
| 2023/24 | 10.5% | 6.6% | +3.9pp | 31.4% | 6.5% | 3.9% | 1,140 |
| 2024/25 | 11.4% | 6.2% | +5.2pp | 33.6% | 7.5% | 3.9% | 1,162 |
14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2019 | — | Good |