The Arnewood School

URN 136652·Secondary·Academy converter·Bourne Education Trust·Compare

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Inadequate — Behaviour & attitudesWorkforce pressure indicators
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Mar 2024Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£7,779.52

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

74.1%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

-0.1%

of income

In-year balance

+2.3%

of income

Key indicators

Inadequate — Behaviour & attitudes

Most recent Ofsted rated Inadequate in: Behaviour & attitudes.

Workforce pressure indicators

Elevated: turnover 32.2%.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Inadequate

19 March 2024 · S5 Inspection

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour & attitudes

Inadequate

Personal development

Requires improvement

Leadership & management

Requires improvement
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 46.37.6
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)Percentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.45.3%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)22.3%
EBacc entryPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.16.8%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

900

Capacity

1,200 (75%)

Free school meals

26.2%

English additional lang.

14.9%

Ethnicity

White British 79.8%Asian 3.9%Black 1.8%Mixed 5.2%Chinese 0.6%Other 1.8%

Age range: 1118

Workforce

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

49.4

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

18.2

Mean salary

£46,735

Turnover

Vacancy rate

3.9%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

7.9%

National avg: 6.2%

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

23.3%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

6.0%

Unauthorised absence

1.9%

2024/25 · 782 pupils