Flags
1
0 high
Per-pupil income
£6,903.72
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
73.7%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
10.9%
of income
In-year balance
-1.6%
of income
School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 1.6% of income.
15 November 2022 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes
OutstandingPersonal development
OutstandingLeadership & management
Outstanding2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,188
Capacity
1,200 (99%)
Free school meals
4.1%
English additional lang.
8.7%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–18
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in South 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.
60.2
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
19.7
Mean salary
£42,958
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
4.7%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
13.9%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
4.4%
Unauthorised absence
0.3%
2024/25 · 798 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 | £7.1m | £7.1m | £4.9m | 70.1% | -£70k | £945k | 13.4% | £6,101 |
| 2022/23 | £7.8m | £7.7m | £5.4m | 69.7% | +£118k | £933k | 12.0% | £6,618 |
| 2023/24 | £8.2m | £8.3m | £6.0m | 73.7% | -£130k | £889k | 10.9% | £6,904 |
Teaching staff
£4.7m
56% of spend
Support staff
£446k
5% of spend
Premises
£361k
4% of spend
Other costs
£1.9m
23% 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 | —* | 73.1 | 98.7% | 96.8% | 57.3% | — | 157 |
* 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 | 53.2 | 19.8 | £41,149 | 7.9% | 0.0% | 0.1 |
| 2021/22 | 57.9 | 20.0 | £41,171 | 6.1% | 0.0% | 8.1 |
| 2022/23 | 55.7 | 21.1 | £43,214 | 18.7% | 0.0% | 12.5 |
| 2023/24 | 55.5 | 21.3 | £43,537 | 3.6% | 0.0% | 4.7 |
| 2024/25 | 60.2 | 19.7 | £42,958 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
4.7%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
13.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
4.4%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
0.3%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 4.2% | 4.4% | -0.1pp | 10.8% | 4.1% | 0.1% | 601 |
| 2014/15 | 4.4% | 4.5% | -0.1pp | 8.5% | 4.3% | 0.1% | 621 |
| 2015/16 | 5.0% | 4.5% | +0.5pp | 22.4% | 4.8% | 0.2% | 626 |
| 2016/17 | 4.9% | 4.6% | +0.4pp | 20.1% | 4.6% | 0.3% | 637 |
| 2017/18 | 4.6% | 4.8% | -0.1pp | 9.9% | 4.3% | 0.4% | 668 |
| 2018/19 | 5.0% | 4.6% | +0.4pp | 7.7% | 4.4% | 0.6% | 699 |
| 2020/21 | 2.5% | 4.5% | -2.0pp | 2.6% | 2.2% | 0.2% | 764 |
| 2021/22 | 7.2% | 7.1% | +0.1pp | 25.7% | 6.8% | 0.5% | 802 |
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% | -0.6pp | 22.8% | 5.8% | 0.3% | 791 |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% | -0.9pp | 17.5% | 5.3% | 0.3% | 794 |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% | -1.5pp | 13.9% | 4.4% | 0.3% | 798 |
15 November 2022 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes
OutstandingPersonal development
OutstandingLeadership & management
Outstanding