Flags
2
1 high
Per-pupil income
£7,507.5
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
75.8%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
11.5%
of income
In-year balance
+0.7%
of income
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 10.2%.
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 improvement7 January 2025 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,472
Capacity
1,647 (89%)
Free school meals
34.2%
English additional lang.
6.8%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–18
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in North East, 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.
92.4
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
15.9
Mean salary
£53,187
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
10.2%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
30.4%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
6.6%
Unauthorised absence
3.6%
2024/25 · 1,360 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 | £8.5m | £6.8m | 70.3% | +£1.1m | £2.0m | 20.8% | £6,363 |
| 2022/23 | £9.9m | £9.8m | £7.5m | 75.5% | +£129k | £1.7m | 16.6% | £6,805 |
| 2023/24 | £11.0m | £10.9m | £8.3m | 75.8% | +£76k | £1.3m | 11.5% | £7,508 |
Teaching staff
£6.5m
60% of spend
Support staff
£992k
9% of spend
Premises
£421k
4% of spend
Other costs
£2.2m
20% 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 | —* | 41.2 | 51.5% | 33.8% | 35.0% | — | 266 |
* 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 | 88.9 | 17.0 | £44,878 | 10.8% | 0.0% | 3.1 |
| 2021/22 | 87.3 | 17.3 | £44,820 | 19.0% | 0.0% | 5.5 |
| 2022/23 | 96.7 | 15.1 | £45,234 | 14.3% | 0.0% | 7.8 |
| 2023/24 | 96.3 | 15.2 | £48,131 | 24.4% | 0.0% | 9.9 |
| 2024/25 | 92.4 | 15.9 | £53,187 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
10.2%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
30.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
6.6%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
3.6%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 4.7% | 4.4% | +0.4pp | 11.0% | 3.6% | 1.1% | 1,263 |
| 2014/15 | 4.8% | 4.5% | +0.3pp | 11.6% | 3.9% | 1.0% | 1,256 |
| 2015/16 | 5.3% | 4.5% | +0.9pp | 14.9% | 4.2% | 1.1% | 1,252 |
| 2016/17 | 5.1% | 4.6% | +0.6pp | 13.3% | 3.9% | 1.3% | 1,237 |
| 2017/18 | 5.5% | 4.8% | +0.8pp | 14.3% | 3.8% | 1.7% | 1,254 |
| 2018/19 | 5.1% | 4.6% | +0.5pp | 12.2% | 3.8% | 1.3% | 1,283 |
| 2020/21 | 5.3% | 4.5% | +0.8pp | 15.3% | 4.3% | 1.0% | 1,312 |
| 2021/22 | 9.4% | 7.1% | +2.3pp | 28.5% | 7.3% | 2.2% | 1,348 |
| 2022/23 | 10.7% | 6.8% | +3.9pp | 32.7% | 7.3% | 3.4% | 1,369 |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% | +4.6pp | 33.6% | 6.9% | 4.3% | 1,355 |
| 2024/25 | 10.2% | 6.2% | +4.0pp | 30.4% | 6.6% | 3.6% | 1,360 |
7 January 2025 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2022 | — | Requires improvement |