Flags
2
0 high
Per-pupil income
£8,231.7
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
70.7%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
8.7%
of income
In-year balance
+6.2%
of income
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 9.4%.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement4 March 2025 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,152
Capacity
1,225 (94%)
Free school meals
22.5%
English additional lang.
3.4%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–18
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in East 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.
69.5
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
16.6
Mean salary
£50,807
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
9.4%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
30.6%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
7.0%
Unauthorised absence
2.4%
2024/25 · 1,049 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 | £7.7m | £5.9m | 76.5% | -£27k | £2.4m | 30.7% | £6,254 |
| 2022/23 | £7.8m | £8.7m | £6.6m | 84.3% | -£901k | £1.4m | 18.6% | £6,313 |
| 2023/24 | £10.2m | £9.6m | £7.2m | 70.7% | +£630k | £894k | 8.7% | £8,232 |
Teaching staff
£5.1m
53% of spend
Support staff
£876k
9% of spend
Premises
£610k
6% of spend
Other costs
£1.8m
18% 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 | —* | 43.8 | 59.3% | 34.9% | 52.4% | — | 189 |
* 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 | 61.3 | 19.9 | £42,720 | 6.8% | 0.0% | 9.2 |
| 2021/22 | 63.0 | 19.4 | £44,470 | 5.0% | 0.0% | 5.1 |
| 2022/23 | 66.7 | 18.5 | £45,840 | 6.9% | 0.0% | 5.1 |
| 2023/24 | 70.6 | 17.6 | £48,133 | 8.5% | 0.0% | 6.5 |
| 2024/25 | 69.5 | 16.6 | £50,807 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
9.4%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
30.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
7.0%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
2.4%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 4.7% | 4.4% | +0.3pp | 10.1% | 4.2% | 0.4% | 894 |
| 2014/15 | 4.6% | 4.5% | +0.1pp | 7.8% | 4.1% | 0.5% | 912 |
| 2015/16 | 4.9% | 4.5% | +0.5pp | 10.7% | 4.3% | 0.6% | 895 |
| 2016/17 | 5.1% | 4.6% | +0.6pp | 11.4% | 4.5% | 0.7% | 930 |
| 2017/18 | 5.0% | 4.8% | +0.3pp | 10.4% | 4.5% | 0.6% | 970 |
| 2018/19 | 5.7% | 4.6% | +1.0pp | 14.0% | 4.6% | 1.1% | 1,016 |
| 2020/21 | 4.1% | 4.5% | -0.4pp | 9.1% | 3.0% | 1.1% | 1,064 |
| 2021/22 | 8.8% | 7.1% | +1.6pp | 30.1% | 6.8% | 2.0% | 1,062 |
| 2022/23 | 8.1% | 6.8% | +1.2pp | 23.4% | 5.7% | 2.3% | 1,102 |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 6.6% | +2.3pp | 27.3% | 6.4% | 2.5% | 1,104 |
| 2024/25 | 9.4% | 6.2% | +3.2pp | 30.6% | 7.0% | 2.4% | 1,049 |
4 March 2025 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvementFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 10 May 2022 | — | Requires improvement |