Flags
3
0 high
Per-pupil income
£6,843.52
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
74.5%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
6.6%
of income
In-year balance
-3.1%
of income
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 9.0%.
School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 3.1% of income.
Elevated: turnover 30.6%.
30 April 2019 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
This inspection is over 6 years old. The school may have changed significantly since then.
Leadership & management
Good2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,394
Capacity
1,500 (93%)
Free school meals
15.8%
English additional lang.
10.8%
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.
49.9
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
27.9
Mean salary
£50,590
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
10.1%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
26.1%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
6.8%
Unauthorised absence
3.3%
2024/25 · 1,228 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 | £7.5m | £6.0m | 78.1% | +£202k | £570k | 7.4% | £5,931 |
| 2022/23 | £8.6m | £8.0m | £6.1m | 71.1% | +£521k | £909k | 10.6% | £6,436 |
| 2023/24 | £9.4m | £9.7m | £7.0m | 74.5% | -£288k | £621k | 6.6% | £6,844 |
Teaching staff
£5.4m
56% of spend
Support staff
£876k
9% of spend
Premises
£571k
6% of spend
Other costs
£2.1m
22% 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 | —* | 49.4 | 70.0% | 47.1% | 26.0% | — | 227 |
* 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 | 76.5 | 16.4 | £44,489 | 17.0% | 0.0% | 3.5 |
| 2021/22 | 74.7 | 17.3 | £40,313 | 28.1% | 0.0% | 6.4 |
| 2022/23 | 67.7 | 19.6 | £41,283 | 20.7% | 0.0% | 4.1 |
| 2023/24 | 73.9 | 18.6 | £47,385 | 30.6% | 2.6% | 4.9 |
| 2024/25 | 49.9 | 27.9 | £50,590 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
10.1%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
6.8%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
3.3%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 5.2% | 4.4% | +0.8pp | 12.5% | 3.9% | 1.3% | 1,180 |
| 2014/15 | 5.4% | 4.5% | +0.9pp | 13.5% | 3.7% | 1.7% | 1,162 |
| 2015/16 | 5.6% | 4.5% | +1.1pp | 14.8% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 1,160 |
| 2016/17 | 5.8% | 4.6% | +1.3pp | 15.6% | 4.0% | 1.8% | 1,154 |
| 2017/18 | 5.7% | 4.8% | +0.9pp | 16.3% | 4.2% | 1.4% | 1,123 |
| 2018/19 | 6.0% | 4.6% | +1.3pp | 14.8% | 3.8% | 2.2% | 1,067 |
| 2020/21 | 4.6% | 4.5% | +0.1pp | 10.8% | 3.0% | 1.6% | 1,082 |
| 2021/22 | 9.6% | 7.1% | +2.4pp | 27.3% | 7.2% | 2.4% | 1,120 |
| 2022/23 | 9.2% | 6.8% | +2.4pp | 25.6% | 6.6% | 2.6% | 1,158 |
| 2023/24 | 9.0% | 6.6% | +2.5pp | 25.0% | 5.8% | 3.3% | 1,200 |
| 2024/25 | 10.1% | 6.2% | +3.9pp | 26.1% | 6.8% | 3.3% | 1,228 |
30 April 2019 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Leadership & management
Good| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jan 2017 | — | Requires improvement |