Flags
5
0 high
Per-pupil income
£7,458.28
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
78.3%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
0.0%
of income
In-year balance
-4.4%
of income
Elevated: turnover 28.9%.
Sector median is approximately 75%. Current level: 78.3%.
School spent more than it earned this year. Deficit is 4.4% of income.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management.
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 8.8%.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement3 December 2024 · S5 Inspection
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
843
Capacity
800 (105%)
Free school meals
26.9%
English additional lang.
19.5%
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.
55.4
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
15.2
Mean salary
£45,487
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
8.8%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
22.9%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
5.1%
Unauthorised absence
3.6%
2024/25 · 844 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 | £3.0m | £2.1m | £2.0m | 65.3% | +£849k | £849k | 28.4% | £6,805 |
| 2022/23 | £4.6m | £3.6m | £3.3m | 72.1% | +£1.0m | £0 | 0.0% | £7,049 |
| 2023/24 | £5.8m | £6.1m | £4.6m | 78.3% | -£258k | £0 | 0.0% | £7,458 |
Teaching staff
£3.4m
56% of spend
Support staff
£370k
6% of spend
Premises
£4k
0% of spend
Other costs
£1.5m
25% 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 | —* | 44.0 | 63.4% | 43.8% | 48.2% | — | 112 |
* 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 | 14.2 | 16.8 | £41,683 | 42.3% | 0.0% | — |
| 2021/22 | 33.0 | 13.3 | £38,733 | 30.3% | 0.0% | 5.3 |
| 2022/23 | 46.1 | 14.1 | £39,425 | 28.9% | 0.0% | 1.0 |
| 2023/24 | 60.6 | 12.9 | £40,575 | 24.8% | 0.0% | 4.2 |
| 2024/25 | 55.4 | 15.2 | £45,487 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
8.8%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
22.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
5.1%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
3.6%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 2.6% | 4.5% | -1.9pp | 4.8% | 2.1% | 0.4% | 250 |
| 2021/22 | 4.3% | 7.1% | -2.8pp | 8.4% | 3.4% | 0.9% | 429 |
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% | -1.4pp | 12.3% | 4.1% | 1.3% | 648 |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% | -0.2pp | 17.9% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 855 |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% | +2.6pp | 22.9% | 5.1% | 3.6% | 844 |
3 December 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.
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