Flags
3
1 high
Per-pupil income
£9,289.55
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
65.7%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
2.7%
of income
In-year balance
+2.9%
of income
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 13.7%.
Elevated: turnover 26.8%.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvement29 April 2025 · Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,415
Capacity
1,610 (88%)
Free school meals
44.0%
English additional lang.
7.4%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in Yorkshire and the Humber, 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.
84.5
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
16.7
Mean salary
£50,139
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
13.7%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
38.8%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
7.7%
Unauthorised absence
6.1%
2024/25 · 1,502 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 | £11.3m | £10.8m | £7.3m | 64.4% | +£569k | £495k | 4.4% | £7,850 |
| 2022/23 | £12.6m | £12.0m | £8.2m | 65.2% | +£544k | £516k | 4.1% | £8,593 |
| 2023/24 | £13.5m | £13.1m | £8.9m | 65.7% | +£389k | £361k | 2.7% | £9,290 |
Teaching staff
£5.9m
45% of spend
Support staff
£818k
6% of spend
Premises
£2.0m
16% of spend
Other costs
£2.2m
17% 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 | —* | 36.6 | 48.9% | 31.2% | 29.4% | — | 282 |
* 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 | 84.7 | 16.4 | £45,252 | 13.0% | 0.0% | 5.5 |
| 2021/22 | 87.3 | 16.5 | £45,076 | 18.3% | 1.1% | 5.2 |
| 2022/23 | 88.5 | 16.5 | £46,903 | 18.1% | 0.0% | 11.3 |
| 2023/24 | 89.2 | 16.3 | £49,980 | 26.8% | 0.0% | 6.6 |
| 2024/25 | 84.5 | 16.7 | £50,139 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
13.7%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
38.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
7.7%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
6.1%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 6.4% | 4.4% | +2.0pp | 18.1% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 1,368 |
| 2014/15 | 6.4% | 4.5% | +1.9pp | 18.3% | 2.8% | 3.6% | 1,386 |
| 2015/16 | 6.6% | 4.5% | +2.1pp | 16.9% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 1,357 |
| 2016/17 | 7.4% | 4.6% | +2.8pp | 22.4% | 2.7% | 4.7% | 1,354 |
| 2017/18 | 7.0% | 4.8% | +2.2pp | 19.3% | 2.4% | 4.6% | 1,367 |
| 2018/19 | 8.4% | 4.6% | +3.8pp | 23.4% | 2.7% | 5.7% | 1,397 |
| 2020/21 | 10.9% | 4.5% | +6.4pp | 33.0% | 6.1% | 4.8% | 1,451 |
| 2021/22 | 15.2% | 7.1% | +8.1pp | 45.1% | 8.4% | 6.8% | 1,497 |
| 2022/23 | 14.1% | 6.8% | +7.3pp | 39.2% | 6.1% | 8.0% | 1,504 |
| 2023/24 | 14.3% | 6.6% | +7.7pp | 38.9% | 5.2% | 9.1% | 1,523 |
| 2024/25 | 13.7% | 6.2% | +7.5pp | 38.8% | 7.7% | 6.1% | 1,502 |
29 April 2025 · Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvementFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb 2023 | — | Inadequate |