Flags
3
0 high
Per-pupil income
£7,263.6
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
69.6%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
0.0%
of income
In-year balance
+7.8%
of income
Elevated: turnover 51.2%.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management.
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 8.7%.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement22 October 2024 · S5 Inspection
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,154
Capacity
1,350 (85%)
Free school meals
14.2%
English additional lang.
21.0%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–19
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in East of England, 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.
71.2
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
16.2
Mean salary
£49,531
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
1.4%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
8.7%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
23.7%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
6.2%
Unauthorised absence
2.5%
2024/25 · 1,100 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 | £7.0m | £5.5m | 73.3% | +£492k | -£903k | -12.1% | £6,123 |
| 2022/23 | £8.2m | £7.6m | £5.8m | 70.3% | +£604k | £0 | 0.0% | £6,646 |
| 2023/24 | £8.7m | £8.0m | £6.0m | 69.6% | +£678k | £0 | 0.0% | £7,264 |
Teaching staff
£4.3m
54% of spend
Support staff
£512k
6% of spend
Premises
£587k
7% of spend
Other costs
£1.4m
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 | —* | 40.0 | 56.3% | 33.5% | 28.2% | — | 206 |
* 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 | 71.0 | 16.4 | £43,286 | 10.3% | 0.0% | 3.5 |
| 2021/22 | 72.9 | 16.8 | £43,614 | 31.1% | 0.0% | 5.3 |
| 2022/23 | 67.0 | 18.5 | £43,521 | 51.2% | 1.5% | 7.1 |
| 2023/24 | 69.4 | 17.2 | £42,651 | 16.7% | 2.8% | 7.9 |
| 2024/25 | 71.2 | 16.2 | £49,531 | —% | 1.4% | — |
Overall absence
8.7%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
6.2%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
2.5%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 6.9% | 4.4% | +2.5pp | 19.5% | 4.4% | 2.5% | 518 |
| 2014/15 | 5.8% | 4.5% | +1.3pp | 15.0% | 4.2% | 1.6% | 460 |
| 2015/16 | 5.9% | 4.5% | +1.5pp | 15.9% | 4.1% | 1.9% | 699 |
| 2016/17 | 6.0% | 4.6% | +1.5pp | 15.6% | 3.9% | 2.2% | 838 |
| 2017/18 | 5.7% | 4.8% | +0.9pp | 13.7% | 3.7% | 1.9% | 950 |
| 2018/19 | 5.4% | 4.6% | +0.7pp | 12.7% | 3.7% | 1.7% | 1,009 |
| 2020/21 | 5.0% | 4.5% | +0.5pp | 12.7% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 1,091 |
| 2021/22 | 8.0% | 7.1% | +0.8pp | 23.7% | 5.4% | 2.6% | 1,090 |
| 2022/23 | 10.6% | 6.8% | +3.8pp | 31.9% | 7.0% | 3.6% | 1,099 |
| 2023/24 | 9.8% | 6.6% | +3.3pp | 30.2% | 6.7% | 3.1% | 1,102 |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% | +2.5pp | 23.7% | 6.2% | 2.5% | 1,100 |
22 October 2024 · S5 Inspection
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Sept 2017 | — | Good |