Flags
4
1 high
Per-pupil income
£8,922.27
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
64.7%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
0.0%
of income
In-year balance
+11.3%
of income
Elevated: turnover 50.0%, sickness 12.7 days.
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 8.8%.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management.
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 9.7%.
21 November 2023 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
637
Capacity
900 (71%)
Free school meals
41.3%
English additional lang.
14.4%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
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.
37.0
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
17.2
Mean salary
£48,224
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
2.6%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
9.7%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
30.7%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
4.0%
Unauthorised absence
5.7%
2024/25 · 680 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 | £1.3m | £1.2m | £903k | 69.5% | +£144k | £210k | 16.1% | £11,712 |
| 2022/23 | £2.6m | £2.5m | £1.7m | 63.4% | +£140k | £0 | 0.0% | £8,953 |
| 2023/24 | £4.2m | £3.8m | £2.7m | 64.7% | +£478k | £0 | 0.0% | £8,922 |
Teaching staff
£1.8m
48% of spend
Support staff
£539k
14% of spend
Premises
£157k
4% of spend
Other costs
£864k
23% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 10.0 | 11.1 | £48,310 | 10.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2022/23 | 20.8 | 14.2 | £41,760 | 24.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2023/24 | 28.0 | 17.0 | £45,356 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 12.7 |
| 2024/25 | 37.0 | 17.2 | £48,224 | —% | 2.6% | — |
Overall absence
9.7%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
30.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
4.0%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
5.7%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 8.8% | 7.1% | +1.6pp | 29.5% | 5.7% | 3.1% | 112 |
| 2022/23 | 9.3% | 6.8% | +2.5pp | 31.5% | 4.8% | 4.5% | 321 |
| 2023/24 | 11.5% | 6.6% | +4.9pp | 36.5% | 5.8% | 5.7% | 507 |
| 2024/25 | 9.7% | 6.2% | +3.5pp | 30.7% | 4.0% | 5.7% | 680 |
21 November 2023 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement