Prudhoe Community High School

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Workforce pressure indicatorsOverall absence at 10.5%
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Sept 2016Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£7,834.5

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

71.5%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

7.7%

of income

In-year balance

+3.8%

of income

Key indicators

Workforce pressure indicators

Elevated: turnover 16.1%, sickness 11.5 days.

Overall absence at 10.5%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 10.5%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Good

14 September 2016 · 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 46.46.6
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.70.8%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)39.2%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.39.8%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

736

Capacity

860 (86%)

Free school meals

18.4%

English additional lang.

2.3%

Ethnicity

White British 93.3%Asian 1.8%Mixed 2.5%Other 0.1%

Age range: 1319

Workforce

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

46.6

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

15.8

Mean salary

£52,155

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

11.2%

National avg: 6.2%

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

28.1%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

7.5%

Unauthorised absence

3.6%

2024/25 · 538 pupils