St Aidan's Catholic Academy

URN 139538·Secondary·Academy converter·Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust·Compare
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Feb 2025Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£6,547.19

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

71.8%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

-6.1%

of income

In-year balance

-0.5%

of income

Key indicators

No active flags for this school.

Latest Ofsted inspection

18 February 2025 · S5 Inspection

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour & attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership & management

Outstanding
SafeguardingEffective

Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024

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 46.51.2
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.78.0%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)62.6%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.72.4%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

992

Capacity

1,000 (99%)

Free school meals

19.4%

English additional lang.

25.1%

Ethnicity

White British 58.2%Asian 21.0%Black 12.9%Mixed 2.4%Chinese 1.1%Other 1.8%

Age range: 1118

Workforce

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

51.8

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

19.1

Mean salary

£50,522

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

6.1%

National avg: 6.2%

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

18.6%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

4.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.7%

2024/25 · 867 pupils