Flags
1
0 high
Per-pupil income
£7,387.67
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
71.3%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
3.2%
of income
In-year balance
-2.2%
of income
School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 2.2% of income.
19 January 2016 · Maintained Academy and School Short inspection
This inspection is over 10 years old. The school may have changed significantly since then.
Leadership & management
Good2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,479
Capacity
1,504 (98%)
Free school meals
8.1%
English additional lang.
4.8%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–18
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in North West, 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.
89.9
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
16.4
Mean salary
£48,476
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
4.6%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
8.6%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
4.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.3%
2024/25 · 1,099 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 | £9.6m | £9.4m | £6.7m | 70.0% | +£210k | £575k | 6.0% | £6,168 |
| 2022/23 | £10.8m | £10.7m | £7.2m | 66.1% | +£147k | £628k | 5.8% | £7,082 |
| 2023/24 | £11.1m | £11.4m | £8.0m | 71.3% | -£243k | £359k | 3.2% | £7,388 |
Teaching staff
£6.0m
52% of spend
Support staff
£977k
9% of spend
Premises
£476k
4% of spend
Other costs
£3.0m
26% 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 | —* | 68.1 | 96.3% | 92.6% | 81.9% | — | 216 |
* 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 | 81.3 | 18.7 | £43,208 | 10.0% | 0.0% | 2.6 |
| 2021/22 | 83.0 | 18.7 | £41,578 | 5.3% | 2.4% | 3.5 |
| 2022/23 | 89.7 | 17.1 | £44,554 | 9.4% | 0.0% | 3.6 |
| 2023/24 | 89.5 | 16.9 | £48,097 | 8.4% | 0.0% | 7.6 |
| 2024/25 | 89.9 | 16.4 | £48,476 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
4.6%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
8.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
4.3%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
0.3%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 3.9% | 4.4% | -0.5pp | 6.8% | 3.5% | 0.4% | 911 |
| 2014/15 | 3.7% | 4.5% | -0.8pp | 5.2% | 3.3% | 0.3% | 909 |
| 2015/16 | 4.0% | 4.5% | -0.5pp | 6.7% | 3.8% | 0.2% | 916 |
| 2016/17 | 3.5% | 4.6% | -1.1pp | 4.4% | 3.4% | 0.1% | 960 |
| 2017/18 | 3.9% | 4.8% | -0.8pp | 5.8% | 3.7% | 0.2% | 979 |
| 2018/19 | 4.0% | 4.6% | -0.6pp | 6.5% | 3.9% | 0.1% | 1,053 |
| 2020/21 | 3.3% | 4.5% | -1.2pp | 6.2% | 3.2% | 0.1% | 1,131 |
| 2021/22 | 6.2% | 7.1% | -0.9pp | 14.6% | 6.0% | 0.2% | 1,127 |
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% | -0.6pp | 13.5% | 5.9% | 0.3% | 1,123 |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% | -0.9pp | 11.9% | 5.3% | 0.4% | 1,110 |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% | -1.6pp | 8.6% | 4.3% | 0.3% | 1,099 |
19 January 2016 · Maintained Academy and School Short inspection
Leadership & management
Good| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Nov 2010 | URN 105112 | Good |