Flags
5
1 high
Per-pupil income
£8,200
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
63.1%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
0.0%
of income
In-year balance
+12.9%
of income
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 10.2%.
Elevated: turnover 55.8%.
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 9.1%.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education.
Elevated: vacancy rate 3.9%.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
GoodPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Good11 February 2025 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,041
Capacity
1,460 (71%)
Free school meals
27.0%
English additional lang.
9.6%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–18
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.
49.2
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
21.2
Mean salary
£53,567
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
3.9%
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.
26.7%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
3.9%
Unauthorised absence
5.3%
2024/25 · 1,072 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 | £8.8m | £8.5m | £6.6m | 75.4% | +£229k | £81k | 0.9% | £6,548 |
| 2022/23 | £9.2m | £8.8m | £6.6m | 72.2% | +£381k | £0 | 0.0% | £6,850 |
| 2023/24 | £10.1m | £8.8m | £6.4m | 63.1% | +£1.3m | £0 | 0.0% | £8,200 |
Teaching staff
£4.3m
49% of spend
Support staff
£618k
7% of spend
Premises
£543k
6% of spend
Other costs
£1.9m
21% 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 | —* | 38.6 | 58.8% | 32.4% | 47.5% | — | 204 |
* 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 | 89.7 | 15.1 | £42,961 | 8.3% | 0.0% | 5.8 |
| 2021/22 | 85.5 | 15.7 | £43,582 | 20.9% | 0.0% | 9.4 |
| 2022/23 | 76.4 | 17.6 | £44,247 | 50.1% | 0.0% | 8.8 |
| 2023/24 | 55.7 | 22.2 | £49,337 | 55.8% | 1.8% | 6.1 |
| 2024/25 | 49.2 | 21.2 | £53,567 | —% | 3.9% | — |
Overall absence
9.1%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
3.9%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
5.3%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 4.9% | 4.4% | +0.5pp | 12.5% | 4.2% | 0.7% | 1,268 |
| 2014/15 | 5.2% | 4.5% | +0.7pp | 13.3% | 4.6% | 0.6% | 1,295 |
| 2015/16 | 5.4% | 4.5% | +1.0pp | 14.3% | 4.6% | 0.9% | 1,334 |
| 2016/17 | 5.4% | 4.6% | +0.9pp | 14.1% | 4.7% | 0.7% | 1,331 |
| 2017/18 | 6.0% | 4.8% | +1.2pp | 16.1% | 5.1% | 0.9% | 1,313 |
| 2018/19 | 5.8% | 4.6% | +1.2pp | 16.0% | 4.9% | 0.9% | 1,291 |
| 2020/21 | 6.3% | 4.5% | +1.8pp | 18.4% | 4.9% | 1.4% | 1,214 |
| 2021/22 | 8.9% | 7.1% | +1.8pp | 28.6% | 7.5% | 1.4% | 1,184 |
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% | +3.4pp | 33.3% | 7.6% | 2.6% | 1,224 |
| 2023/24 | 10.2% | 6.6% | +3.6pp | 30.9% | 7.1% | 3.1% | 1,198 |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% | +2.9pp | 26.7% | 3.9% | 5.3% | 1,072 |
11 February 2025 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
GoodPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
GoodFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Sept 2023 | — | Requires improvement |