Flags
1
0 high
Per-pupil income
£8,370.12
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
68.8%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
-0.1%
of income
In-year balance
-0.6%
of income
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Leadership & management.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
GoodPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement29 April 2025 · Academy First Section 5
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
905
Capacity
1,044 (87%)
Free school meals
23.0%
English additional lang.
3.5%
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.
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.
55.0
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
16.5
Mean salary
£51,284
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
6.7%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
18.3%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
2.9%
Unauthorised absence
3.8%
2024/25 · 902 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 | £5.7m | £5.7m | £3.5m | 62.4% | -£26k | £391k | 6.9% | £6,740 |
| 2022/23 | £2.6m | £3.0m | £1.7m | 63.2% | -£391k | £0 | 0.0% | £3,125 |
| 2023/24 | £7.5m | £7.5m | £5.2m | 68.8% | -£42k | -£4k | -0.1% | £8,370 |
Teaching staff
£3.8m
50% of spend
Support staff
£1.0m
14% of spend
Premises
£1.5m
20% of spend
Other costs
£883k
12% of spend
| 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 | —* | 37.6 | 49.4% | 20.4% | 50.0% | — | 162 |
* 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 | 37.7 | 19.8 | £38,142 | 10.9% | 0.0% | 1.2 |
| 2021/22 | 35.7 | 23.6 | £37,755 | 14.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2022/23 | 53.4 | 16.4 | £44,808 | 28.1% | 3.6% | — |
| 2023/24 | 57.0 | 15.7 | £44,291 | 17.2% | 1.7% | 3.7 |
| 2024/25 | 55.0 | 16.5 | £51,284 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
6.7%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
18.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
2.9%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
3.8%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 5.8% | 4.4% | +1.4pp | 15.7% | 4.0% | 1.8% | 842 |
| 2014/15 | 7.0% | 4.5% | +2.5pp | 20.6% | 4.9% | 2.1% | 833 |
| 2015/16 | 6.8% | 4.5% | +2.3pp | 18.6% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 815 |
| 2016/17 | 7.3% | 4.6% | +2.8pp | 20.3% | 5.5% | 1.9% | 759 |
| 2017/18 | 6.8% | 4.8% | +2.0pp | 18.2% | 4.7% | 2.1% | 714 |
| 2018/19 | 6.0% | 4.6% | +1.4pp | 18.0% | 3.4% | 2.6% | 701 |
| 2020/21 | 4.6% | 4.5% | +0.1pp | 12.3% | 2.6% | 2.0% | 706 |
| 2021/22 | 6.4% | 7.1% | -0.8pp | 17.6% | 3.5% | 2.9% | 778 |
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% | +1.4pp | 23.5% | 3.7% | 4.6% | 841 |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% | -0.5pp | 16.8% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 865 |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% | +0.5pp | 18.3% | 2.9% | 3.8% | 902 |
29 April 2025 · Academy First Section 5
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
GoodPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvementFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2020 | URN 118882 | Good |