Flags
1
0 high
Per-pupil income
£7,322.32
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
75.7%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
14.0%
of income
In-year balance
+2.8%
of income
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management.
26 November 2019 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
This inspection is over 6 years old. The school may have changed significantly since then.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,569
Capacity
1,614 (97%)
Free school meals
34.7%
English additional lang.
47.0%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–19
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in East Midlands, 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.
98.6
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
15.9
Mean salary
£48,820
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
7.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
19.9%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
5.0%
Unauthorised absence
2.5%
2024/25 · 1,364 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 | £11.0m | £10.8m | £7.9m | 72.1% | +£169k | £1.2m | 10.8% | £6,299 |
| 2022/23 | £11.8m | £11.5m | £8.3m | 70.6% | +£296k | £1.5m | 12.5% | £6,972 |
| 2023/24 | £12.0m | £11.6m | £9.1m | 75.7% | +£330k | £1.7m | 14.0% | £7,322 |
Teaching staff
£6.5m
56% of spend
Support staff
£1.7m
14% of spend
Premises
£1.3m
11% of spend
Other costs
£1.3m
11% 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 | —* | 49.1 | 73.3% | 52.2% | 7.8% | — | 270 |
* 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 | 109.8 | 16.0 | £40,509 | 9.5% | 0.0% | 3.6 |
| 2021/22 | 107.0 | 16.3 | £41,804 | 17.6% | 0.0% | 8.0 |
| 2022/23 | 97.7 | 17.4 | £44,477 | 11.7% | 3.0% | — |
| 2023/24 | 100.1 | 16.3 | £44,212 | 10.6% | 0.0% | 4.8 |
| 2024/25 | 98.6 | 15.9 | £48,820 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
7.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
19.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
5.0%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
2.5%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 4.0% | 4.4% | -0.3pp | 9.7% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 1,112 |
| 2014/15 | 4.9% | 4.5% | +0.4pp | 14.8% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 1,178 |
| 2015/16 | 5.7% | 4.5% | +1.2pp | 15.3% | 3.3% | 2.4% | 1,202 |
| 2016/17 | 6.2% | 4.6% | +1.6pp | 18.2% | 3.8% | 2.4% | 1,249 |
| 2017/18 | 5.7% | 4.8% | +1.0pp | 15.1% | 2.6% | 3.1% | 1,316 |
| 2018/19 | 6.1% | 4.6% | +1.5pp | 14.9% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 1,384 |
| 2020/21 | 3.6% | 4.5% | -0.9pp | 6.9% | 2.3% | 1.4% | 1,442 |
| 2021/22 | 6.6% | 7.1% | -0.5pp | 17.4% | 4.5% | 2.1% | 1,431 |
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% | +0.9pp | 23.0% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 1,455 |
| 2023/24 | 8.0% | 6.6% | +1.4pp | 24.6% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 1,443 |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% | +1.2pp | 19.9% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 1,364 |
26 November 2019 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2017 | URN 120297 | Requires improvement |