Per-pupil income
£8,683.79
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
50.5%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
0.0%
of income
In-year balance
+22.8%
of income
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 9.2%.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Leadership & management.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
GoodPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement4 March 2025 · S5 Inspection
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
355
Capacity
900 (39%)
Free school meals
45.9%
English additional lang.
17.5%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–18
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in West Midlands, 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.
17.4
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
20.4
Mean salary
£43,604
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
9.2%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
33.1%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
5.1%
Unauthorised absence
4.2%
2024/25 · 387 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | £1.3m | £1.2m | £672k | 52.1% | +£131k | £0 | 0.0% | £10,661 |
| 2023/24 | £2.2m | £1.7m | £1.1m | 50.5% | +£501k | £0 | 0.0% | £8,684 |
Teaching staff
£918k
54% of spend
Support staff
£38k
2% of spend
Premises
£137k
8% of spend
Other costs
£450k
27% 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 | —* | — | —% | —% | —% | — | 0 |
* 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.0 | 13.4 | £42,656 | 11.1% | 0.0% | — |
| 2023/24 | 14.0 | 18.1 | £47,712 | 35.7% | 0.0% | 7.5 |
| 2024/25 | 17.4 | 20.4 | £43,604 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
9.2%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
33.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
5.1%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
4.2%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.0% | 6.8% | -0.8pp | 16.3% | 4.4% | 1.6% | 123 |
| 2023/24 | 9.0% | 6.6% | +2.4pp | 28.7% | 5.8% | 3.2% | 268 |
| 2024/25 | 9.2% | 6.2% | +3.0pp | 33.1% | 5.1% | 4.2% | 387 |
4 March 2025 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
GoodPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvementFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
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