Plantsbrook School

URN 137053·Secondary·Academy converter·Broadleaf Partnership Trust·Compare
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Jun 2019Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£6,966.52

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

71.7%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

0.0%

of income

In-year balance

+11.7%

of income

Key indicators

No active flags for this school.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Good

4 June 2019 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1

Leadership & management

Good
SafeguardingEffective

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 46.51.8
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.77.7%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)59.7%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.71.7%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

1,570

Capacity

1,498 (105%)

Free school meals

15.6%

English additional lang.

8.5%

Ethnicity

White British 66.0%Asian 10.3%Black 5.0%Mixed 9.6%Chinese 3.2%Other 1.3%

Age range: 1118

Workforce

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

85.7

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

18.3

Mean salary

£53,855

Turnover

Vacancy rate

1.2%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

7.0%

National avg: 6.2%

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

19.8%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

5.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.7%

2024/25 · 1,285 pupils