Flags
4
2 high
Per-pupil income
£7,403.27
2024/25
Staff costs % of income
75.4%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
1.0%
of income
In-year balance
-2.4%
of income
Reserves have fallen in each of the last 3 years, from 6.8% to 3.7%.
Reserves fell from 6.8% to 1.0% over 3 years
School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 1.5% of income.
DfE considers reserves below 5% of income a vulnerability indicator. Current level: 3.7%.
Quality of education
OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes
OutstandingPersonal development
OutstandingLeadership & management
Outstanding11 March 2025 · S5 Inspection
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,499
Capacity
1,261 (119%)
Free school meals
2.6%
English additional lang.
15.1%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–18
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in South East, matched by FSM%, SEN%, and size. Differences reflect school strategy and context, not performance.
DfE normal range: 5-20% of income
Phase-adjusted thresholds
Pupil trend + in-year balance
Self-generated income share
FTE teachersⓘFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.
87.0
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
17.2
Mean salary
£49,901
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
4.6%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
10.0%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
4.2%
Unauthorised absence
0.4%
2024/25 · 962 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 | £8.2m | £8.1m | £6.0m | 73.6% | +£41k | £558k | 6.8% | £5,711 |
| 2022/23 | £9.3m | £9.3m | £6.5m | 70.4% | -£21k | £536k | 5.8% | £6,294 |
| 2023/24 | £10.3m | £10.4m | £7.4m | 72.0% | -£154k | £382k | 3.7% | £6,838 |
| 2024/25 | £11.1m | £11.4m | £8.4m | 75.4% | -£268k | £114k | 1.0% | £7,403 |
Teaching staff
£6.4m
Support staff
£1.3m
Premises
£658k
Other costs
£2.3m
5.0%
Admin staff
2.5%
Energy
0.7%
ICT
4.9%
Premises (total)
0.7%
Supply staff
0.5%
Catering
1.6%
Professional services
| 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 | —* | 78.4 | 98.9% | 98.4% | 67.7% | — | 189 |
* 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 | 74.0 | 18.7 | £42,296 | 4.2% | 0.0% | 2.0 |
| 2021/22 | 78.0 | 18.3 | £43,413 | 8.6% | 0.0% | 2.3 |
| 2022/23 | 82.3 | 17.9 | £45,845 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 4.5 |
| 2023/24 | 87.5 | 17.2 | £49,460 | 10.3% | 0.0% | 5.9 |
| 2024/25 | 87.0 | 17.2 | £49,901 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
4.6%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
10.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
4.2%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
0.4%
2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 5.5% | 4.4% | +1.2pp | 22.5% | 5.5% | 0.0% | 676 |
| 2014/15 | 6.0% | 4.5% | +1.5pp | 23.0% | 6.0% | 0.0% | 704 |
| 2015/16 | 6.8% | 4.5% | +2.3pp | 23.4% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 728 |
| 2016/17 | 6.4% | 4.6% | +1.9pp | 22.6% | 6.4% | 0.0% | 754 |
| 2017/18 | 4.7% | 4.8% | -0.0pp | 9.9% | 4.6% | 0.1% | 818 |
| 2018/19 | 4.4% | 4.6% | -0.2pp | 8.6% | 4.2% | 0.2% | 836 |
| 2020/21 | 3.3% | 4.5% | -1.2pp | 13.7% | 3.2% | 0.0% | 918 |
| 2021/22 | 5.9% | 7.1% | -1.2pp | 25.1% | 5.7% | 0.2% | 954 |
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% | -0.9pp | 18.1% | 5.7% | 0.2% | 953 |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% | -1.5pp | 10.2% | 4.8% | 0.3% | 963 |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% | -1.6pp | 10.0% | 4.2% | 0.4% | 962 |
11 March 2025 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes
OutstandingPersonal development
OutstandingLeadership & management
OutstandingFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2015 | — | Outstanding |