Samuel Whitbread Academy

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Flags

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1 high

Overall absence at 10.6%Workforce pressure indicators
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Oct 2017Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£7,332.93

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

69.1%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

7.5%

of income

In-year balance

+4.2%

of income

Key indicators

Overall absence at 10.6%

National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 10.6%.

Workforce pressure indicators

Elevated: turnover 20.5%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Good

31 October 2017 · S5 Inspection

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 46.46.7
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.72.7%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)48.0%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.11.6%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

1,660

Capacity

1,650 (101%)

Free school meals

12.4%

English additional lang.

2.5%

Ethnicity

White British 84.2%Asian 1.2%Black 0.7%Mixed 9.1%Other 0.7%

Age range: 1318

Workforce

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

92.3

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

18.0

Mean salary

£51,290

Turnover

Vacancy rate

1.1%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

10.6%

National avg: 6.2%

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

27.5%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

7.9%

Unauthorised absence

2.7%

2024/25 · 1,229 pupils