Flags
3
0 high
Per-pupil income
£7,380.85
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
68.1%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
0.0%
of income
In-year balance
+6.5%
of income
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management.
Elevated: vacancy rate 3.5%.
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 8.6%.
26 March 2024 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,465
Capacity
1,500 (98%)
Free school meals
20.4%
English additional lang.
9.1%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in East of England, 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.
90.4
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
16.2
Mean salary
£44,763
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
8.6%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
21.7%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
6.7%
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
2024/25 · 1,518 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 | £8.4m | £7.9m | £6.0m | 71.7% | +£477k | £1.2m | 14.9% | £6,243 |
| 2022/23 | £9.7m | £9.0m | £6.6m | 68.1% | +£704k | £1.5m | 15.1% | £6,941 |
| 2023/24 | £10.7m | £10.0m | £7.3m | 68.1% | +£696k | £0 | 0.0% | £7,381 |
Teaching staff
£5.4m
54% of spend
Support staff
£820k
8% of spend
Premises
£514k
5% of spend
Other costs
£2.2m
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 | —* | 51.1 | 77.1% | 57.7% | 38.2% | — | 293 |
* 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 | 79.3 | 16.1 | £40,739 | 4.8% | 0.0% | 5.2 |
| 2021/22 | 80.9 | 16.6 | £41,607 | 6.8% | 1.2% | 5.2 |
| 2022/23 | 91.4 | 15.3 | £41,190 | 19.1% | 1.1% | 6.0 |
| 2023/24 | 83.4 | 17.4 | £42,780 | 10.5% | 3.5% | 6.7 |
| 2024/25 | 90.4 | 16.2 | £44,763 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
8.6%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
21.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
6.7%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 5.2% | 4.4% | +0.9pp | 13.8% | 4.3% | 0.9% | 1,067 |
| 2014/15 | 5.2% | 4.5% | +0.6pp | 12.8% | 4.3% | 0.8% | 1,092 |
| 2015/16 | 4.0% | 4.5% | -0.4pp | 6.6% | 3.3% | 0.8% | 1,103 |
| 2016/17 | 4.0% | 4.6% | -0.6pp | 7.1% | 3.2% | 0.8% | 1,117 |
| 2017/18 | 4.8% | 4.8% | +0.0pp | 9.8% | 3.8% | 1.0% | 1,149 |
| 2018/19 | 4.9% | 4.6% | +0.3pp | 9.7% | 4.1% | 0.8% | 1,183 |
| 2020/21 | 4.9% | 4.5% | +0.4pp | 10.4% | 3.6% | 1.3% | 1,293 |
| 2021/22 | 9.8% | 7.1% | +2.6pp | 29.7% | 7.8% | 2.0% | 1,370 |
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% | +1.7pp | 20.8% | 6.7% | 1.9% | 1,436 |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% | +1.5pp | 20.4% | 6.0% | 2.0% | 1,495 |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% | +2.4pp | 21.7% | 6.7% | 1.9% | 1,518 |
26 March 2024 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2012 | — | Outstanding |