Flags
3
1 high
Per-pupil income
£9,248.76
2024/25
Staff costs % of income
73.3%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
6.3%
of income
In-year balance
+0.5%
of income
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 11.5%.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.
Elevated: turnover 22.9%.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvement3 December 2024 · S5 Inspection
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
543
Capacity
925 (59%)
Free school meals
33.0%
English additional lang.
9.2%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in Yorkshire and the Humber, 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.
34.9
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
15.6
Mean salary
£44,943
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
11.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
29.8%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
5.8%
Unauthorised absence
5.8%
2024/25 · 605 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 | £4.3m | £4.2m | £3.1m | 73.0% | +£138k | £356k | 8.3% | £7,641 |
| 2022/23 | £4.5m | £4.6m | £3.4m | 76.6% | -£152k | £204k | 4.5% | £7,630 |
| 2023/24 | £5.0m | £4.9m | £3.6m | 71.0% | +£88k | £293k | 5.8% | £8,861 |
| 2024/25 | £5.0m | £5.0m | £3.7m | 73.3% | +£23k | £316k | 6.3% | £9,249 |
Teaching staff
£2.4m
49% of spend
Support staff
£657k
13% of spend
Premises
£333k
7% of spend
Other costs
£984k
20% of spend
| 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 | —* | 29.8 | 22.5% | 5.4% | 29.7% | — | 111 |
* 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 | 34.0 | 16.4 | £42,342 | 2.1% | 0.0% | 14.3 |
| 2021/22 | 34.3 | 16.4 | £41,386 | 11.7% | 0.0% | 20.1 |
| 2022/23 | 39.3 | 15.0 | £42,295 | 15.3% | 0.0% | 13.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.3 | 14.4 | £44,380 | 22.9% | 0.0% | 6.9 |
| 2024/25 | 34.9 | 15.6 | £44,943 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
11.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
29.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
5.8%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
5.8%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 6.3% | 4.4% | +1.9pp | 18.5% | 4.7% | 1.6% | 437 |
| 2014/15 | 6.9% | 4.5% | +2.4pp | 22.3% | 4.8% | 2.1% | 454 |
| 2015/16 | 7.3% | 4.5% | +2.8pp | 18.6% | 4.5% | 2.8% | 445 |
| 2016/17 | 5.6% | 4.6% | +1.0pp | 15.0% | 3.6% | 2.0% | 480 |
| 2017/18 | 5.7% | 4.8% | +0.9pp | 12.8% | 3.9% | 1.8% | 507 |
| 2018/19 | 4.7% | 4.6% | +0.0pp | 10.9% | 3.3% | 1.4% | 557 |
| 2020/21 | 5.4% | 4.5% | +0.9pp | 14.9% | 3.7% | 1.7% | 599 |
| 2021/22 | 10.6% | 7.1% | +3.5pp | 33.9% | 6.4% | 4.2% | 608 |
| 2022/23 | 11.7% | 6.8% | +4.9pp | 35.6% | 7.4% | 4.3% | 620 |
| 2023/24 | 12.4% | 6.6% | +5.9pp | 37.2% | 7.2% | 5.3% | 615 |
| 2024/25 | 11.5% | 6.2% | +5.3pp | 29.8% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 605 |
3 December 2024 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvementFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2019 | — | Good |