Per-pupil income
£6,520.62
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
74.1%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
7.4%
of income
In-year balance
+4.2%
of income
No active flags for this school.
30 November 2022 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes
OutstandingPersonal development
OutstandingLeadership & management
Outstanding2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,579
Capacity
1,520 (104%)
Free school meals
10.1%
English additional lang.
6.4%
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.
89.5
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
17.6
Mean salary
£49,330
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
6.9%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
16.6%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
5.6%
Unauthorised absence
1.3%
2024/25 · 1,243 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 | £8.7m | £8.7m | £6.9m | 79.5% | +£37k | £755k | 8.7% | £5,795 |
| 2022/23 | £9.7m | £9.4m | £7.3m | 75.6% | +£283k | £1.0m | 10.5% | £6,229 |
| 2023/24 | £10.4m | £10.0m | £7.7m | 74.1% | +£442k | £772k | 7.4% | £6,521 |
Teaching staff
£6.0m
60% of spend
Support staff
£1.1m
11% of spend
Premises
£542k
5% of spend
Other costs
£1.7m
17% 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 | —* | 52.6 | 77.9% | 59.1% | 31.5% | — | 235 |
* 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 | 82.4 | 18.4 | £44,043 | 5.3% | 0.0% | 3.0 |
| 2021/22 | 84.4 | 17.8 | £45,337 | 4.9% | 0.0% | 7.4 |
| 2022/23 | 88.5 | 17.5 | £45,541 | 9.9% | 0.0% | 3.9 |
| 2023/24 | 85.0 | 18.8 | £48,502 | 5.8% | 0.0% | 6.7 |
| 2024/25 | 89.5 | 17.6 | £49,330 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
6.9%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
16.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
5.6%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
1.3%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014/15 | 4.9% | 4.5% | +0.4pp | 10.9% | 4.5% | 0.3% | 1,127 |
| 2015/16 | 5.0% | 4.5% | +0.6pp | 12.5% | 4.6% | 0.4% | 1,133 |
| 2016/17 | 5.2% | 4.6% | +0.6pp | 12.0% | 4.5% | 0.7% | 1,153 |
| 2017/18 | 5.2% | 4.8% | +0.4pp | 11.3% | 4.5% | 0.7% | 1,184 |
| 2018/19 | 5.7% | 4.6% | +1.1pp | 13.1% | 5.0% | 0.8% | 1,206 |
| 2020/21 | 3.2% | 4.5% | -1.3pp | 7.0% | 3.0% | 0.3% | 1,215 |
| 2021/22 | 8.4% | 7.1% | +1.3pp | 26.6% | 7.3% | 1.1% | 1,224 |
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% | +0.7pp | 21.8% | 6.2% | 1.3% | 1,246 |
| 2023/24 | 7.0% | 6.6% | +0.5pp | 19.7% | 6.0% | 1.1% | 1,238 |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% | +0.7pp | 16.6% | 5.6% | 1.3% | 1,243 |
30 November 2022 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes
OutstandingPersonal development
OutstandingLeadership & management
Outstanding