Flags
2
0 high
Per-pupil income
£4,004.64
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
0.1%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
0.0%
of income
In-year balance
+85.9%
of income
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education.
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 9.1%.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
GoodPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Good24 September 2024 · S5 Inspection
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,247
Capacity
2,076 (60%)
Free school meals
14.1%
English additional lang.
2.1%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–18
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in East of England, 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.
80.6
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
15.5
Mean salary
£50,480
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
9.1%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
24.5%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
5.7%
Unauthorised absence
3.4%
2024/25 · 1,129 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 | £7.7m | £7.2m | £5.4m | 70.7% | +£511k | £1.4m | 18.3% | £6,100 |
| 2022/23 | £7.9m | £8.1m | £6.1m | 77.4% | -£207k | £1.6m | 20.8% | £6,354 |
| 2023/24 | £5.2m | £732k | £8k | 0.1% | +£4.5m | £0 | 0.0% | £4,005 |
Teaching staff
£0
Support staff
£0
Premises
£36k
Other costs
£688k
0.0%
Admin staff
3.8%
Energy
0.0%
ICT
5.1%
Premises (total)
0.0%
Supply staff
1.9%
Catering
3.4%
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 | —* | 44.1 | 69.0% | 38.9% | 9.7% | — | 216 |
* 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 | 65.5 | 18.5 | £43,881 | 9.9% | 0.0% | 8.8 |
| 2021/22 | 68.0 | 18.5 | £43,313 | 15.7% | 0.0% | 8.8 |
| 2022/23 | 72.3 | 17.2 | £44,583 | 12.2% | 0.0% | 8.6 |
| 2023/24 | 76.6 | 16.9 | £46,916 | 16.4% | 1.3% | 6.0 |
| 2024/25 | 80.6 | 15.5 | £50,480 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
9.1%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
24.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
5.7%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
3.4%
2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 6.0% | 4.4% | +1.6pp | 16.4% | 4.4% | 1.6% | 1,536 |
| 2014/15 | 4.9% | 4.5% | +0.4pp | 11.4% | 4.1% | 0.9% | 1,455 |
| 2015/16 | 4.9% | 4.5% | +0.5pp | 11.7% | 3.7% | 1.2% | 1,372 |
| 2016/17 | 5.3% | 4.6% | +0.7pp | 13.8% | 4.0% | 1.3% | 1,268 |
| 2017/18 | 6.3% | 4.8% | +1.6pp | 17.0% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 1,197 |
| 2018/19 | 6.5% | 4.6% | +1.9pp | 17.8% | 4.5% | 1.9% | 1,106 |
| 2020/21 | 5.5% | 4.5% | +1.0pp | 13.4% | 4.6% | 0.9% | 1,057 |
| 2021/22 | 8.8% | 7.1% | +1.6pp | 27.1% | 7.1% | 1.6% | 1,107 |
| 2022/23 | 10.1% | 6.8% | +3.2pp | 30.1% | 7.4% | 2.6% | 1,094 |
| 2023/24 | 10.9% | 6.6% | +4.3pp | 31.5% | 6.7% | 4.2% | 1,163 |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% | +2.9pp | 24.5% | 5.7% | 3.4% | 1,129 |
24 September 2024 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
GoodPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
GoodFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2015 | — | Good |