Flags
2
0 high
Per-pupil income
£6,670.04
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
—
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
0.0%
of income
In-year balance
+100.0%
of income
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management.
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 9.1%.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement19 November 2024 · S5 Inspection
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
812
Capacity
880 (92%)
Free school meals
19.6%
English additional lang.
4.3%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in South West, matched by FSM%, SEN%, and size. Differences reflect school strategy and context, not performance.
Peer percentile + trajectory. DfE range: 5-20% of income.
In-year balance + pupil trend + income diversity.
FTE teachersⓘFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.
43.8
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
18.5
Mean salary
£45,403
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
9.1%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
25.1%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
5.2%
Unauthorised absence
3.9%
2024/25 · 832 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 | £4.5m | £3.5m | £3.0m | 68.0% | +£1.0m | £0 | 0.0% | £5,793 |
| 2022/23 | £5.3m | £4.0m | £3.4m | 63.6% | +£1.3m | £0 | 0.0% | £6,740 |
| 2023/24 | £5.3m | £0 | £0 | —% | +£5.3m | £0 | 0.0% | £6,670 |
Teaching staff
£0
Support staff
£0
Premises
£0
Other costs
—
| 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 | —* | 43.7 | 69.7% | 47.7% | 34.8% | — | 132 |
* 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 | 40.3 | 18.1 | £41,870 | 23.7% | 0.0% | 12.5 |
| 2021/22 | 41.9 | 18.5 | £41,303 | 23.8% | 0.0% | 9.5 |
| 2022/23 | 43.1 | 18.3 | £43,858 | 16.7% | 0.0% | 5.5 |
| 2023/24 | 44.7 | 17.7 | £45,080 | 8.5% | 0.0% | 5.3 |
| 2024/25 | 43.8 | 18.5 | £45,403 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
9.1%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
25.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
5.2%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
3.9%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 4.1% | 4.4% | -0.3pp | 8.4% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 678 |
| 2014/15 | 3.8% | 4.5% | -0.7pp | 6.3% | 2.9% | 1.0% | 618 |
| 2015/16 | 4.5% | 4.5% | +0.0pp | 9.9% | 3.3% | 1.2% | 573 |
| 2016/17 | 4.8% | 4.6% | +0.2pp | 10.1% | 3.3% | 1.5% | 554 |
| 2017/18 | 5.5% | 4.8% | +0.7pp | 10.5% | 3.6% | 1.9% | 580 |
| 2018/19 | 6.0% | 4.6% | +1.4pp | 12.6% | 3.9% | 2.1% | 634 |
| 2020/21 | 6.9% | 4.5% | +2.4pp | 17.6% | 5.4% | 1.5% | 756 |
| 2021/22 | 11.6% | 7.1% | +4.5pp | 32.6% | 7.7% | 3.9% | 804 |
| 2022/23 | 11.7% | 6.8% | +4.8pp | 32.5% | 7.1% | 4.5% | 821 |
| 2023/24 | 10.4% | 6.6% | +3.8pp | 29.6% | 5.7% | 4.7% | 827 |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% | +2.9pp | 25.1% | 5.2% | 3.9% | 832 |
19 November 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2019 | — | Good |