Per-pupil income
£6,095.56
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
75.1%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
8.8%
of income
In-year balance
+7.8%
of income
No active flags for this school.
Quality of education
GoodBehaviour & attitudes
OutstandingPersonal development
OutstandingLeadership & management
Good18 March 2025 · S5 Inspection
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,493
Capacity
1,032 (145%)
Free school meals
9.7%
English additional lang.
19.2%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–18
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in South 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.
82.7
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
18.1
Mean salary
£51,941
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
4.8%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
8.4%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
4.2%
Unauthorised absence
0.5%
2024/25 · 1,083 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 | £7.5m | £7.5m | £5.8m | 77.3% | +£45k | £786k | 10.5% | £5,549 |
| 2022/23 | £7.8m | £7.9m | £6.2m | 79.4% | -£129k | £485k | 6.2% | £5,491 |
| 2023/24 | £8.9m | £8.2m | £6.7m | 75.1% | +£696k | £788k | 8.8% | £6,096 |
Teaching staff
£5.4m
66% of spend
Support staff
£725k
9% of spend
Premises
£489k
6% of spend
Other costs
£1.0m
13% 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 | —* | 65.3 | 98.2% | 91.9% | 89.6% | — | 221 |
* 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 | 68.9 | 19.1 | £44,222 | 10.0% | 0.0% | 2.3 |
| 2021/22 | 73.2 | 18.5 | £43,936 | 11.5% | 0.0% | 4.1 |
| 2022/23 | 77.7 | 18.3 | £45,504 | 6.2% | 0.0% | 3.6 |
| 2023/24 | 80.6 | 18.2 | £48,526 | 10.1% | 0.0% | 4.4 |
| 2024/25 | 82.7 | 18.1 | £51,941 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
4.8%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
8.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
4.2%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
0.5%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 4.0% | 4.4% | -0.4pp | 7.3% | 3.6% | 0.3% | 824 |
| 2014/15 | 4.3% | 4.5% | -0.2pp | 6.7% | 4.0% | 0.3% | 836 |
| 2015/16 | 4.1% | 4.5% | -0.4pp | 7.4% | 3.8% | 0.3% | 854 |
| 2016/17 | 4.6% | 4.6% | +0.0pp | 7.6% | 4.0% | 0.7% | 880 |
| 2017/18 | 4.6% | 4.8% | -0.2pp | 7.5% | 3.9% | 0.7% | 877 |
| 2018/19 | 4.2% | 4.6% | -0.4pp | 6.2% | 3.9% | 0.3% | 884 |
| 2020/21 | 3.6% | 4.5% | -0.9pp | 7.4% | 3.5% | 0.1% | 947 |
| 2021/22 | 6.2% | 7.1% | -0.9pp | 20.0% | 5.9% | 0.3% | 997 |
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% | -0.5pp | 17.2% | 5.9% | 0.4% | 1,040 |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% | -0.8pp | 17.3% | 5.5% | 0.3% | 1,070 |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% | -1.5pp | 8.4% | 4.2% | 0.5% | 1,083 |
18 March 2025 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
GoodBehaviour & attitudes
OutstandingPersonal development
OutstandingLeadership & management
GoodFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2015 | — | Outstanding |