Flags
3
0 high
Per-pupil income
£8,959.46
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
73.2%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
5.0%
of income
In-year balance
+2.1%
of income
Elevated: turnover 38.9%.
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 9.3%.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvement8 October 2024 · Schools into Special Measures Visit 3
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
285
Capacity
275 (104%)
Free school meals
2.8%
English additional lang.
2.1%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in North West, 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.
20.6
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
13.8
Mean salary
£35,698
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
6.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
15.4%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
2.1%
Unauthorised absence
4.5%
2024/25 · 286 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 | £2.7m | £2.4m | £1.7m | 63.6% | +£285k | £318k | 11.9% | £8,000 |
| 2022/23 | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.0m | 74.2% | +£3k | £135k | 5.0% | £8,822 |
| 2023/24 | £2.7m | £2.6m | £1.9m | 73.2% | +£55k | £133k | 5.0% | £8,959 |
Teaching staff
£1.7m
65% of spend
Support staff
£234k
9% of spend
Premises
£106k
4% of spend
Other costs
£549k
21% 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 | —* | 49.3 | 79.4% | 46.0% | 30.2% | — | 63 |
* 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 | 26.1 | 13.4 | £36,327 | 19.5% | 0.0% | 6.3 |
| 2021/22 | 27.8 | 12.1 | £34,029 | 31.6% | 0.0% | 0.9 |
| 2022/23 | 26.5 | 11.7 | £33,981 | 38.9% | 0.0% | 4.9 |
| 2023/24 | 22.9 | 12.9 | £35,156 | 21.4% | 0.0% | 2.8 |
| 2024/25 | 20.6 | 13.8 | £35,698 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
6.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
15.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
2.1%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
4.5%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 8.7% | 4.4% | +4.4pp | 35.6% | 7.5% | 1.2% | 264 |
| 2014/15 | 8.0% | 4.5% | +3.4pp | 26.6% | 5.4% | 2.5% | 274 |
| 2015/16 | 5.3% | 4.5% | +0.8pp | 9.3% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 280 |
| 2016/17 | 5.4% | 4.6% | +0.8pp | 12.4% | 3.1% | 2.3% | 298 |
| 2017/18 | 5.6% | 4.8% | +0.8pp | 10.7% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 327 |
| 2018/19 | 6.1% | 4.6% | +1.4pp | 15.4% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 330 |
| 2020/21 | 4.9% | 4.5% | +0.4pp | 15.4% | 3.3% | 1.6% | 345 |
| 2021/22 | 9.8% | 7.1% | +2.6pp | 42.8% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 334 |
| 2022/23 | 9.5% | 6.8% | +2.7pp | 37.9% | 6.0% | 3.5% | 306 |
| 2023/24 | 9.3% | 6.6% | +2.7pp | 35.9% | 5.2% | 4.1% | 295 |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% | +0.3pp | 15.4% | 2.1% | 4.5% | 286 |
8 October 2024 · Schools into Special Measures Visit 3
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvementFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Sept 2022 | — | Inadequate |