Flags
2
1 high
Per-pupil income
£9,395.86
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
77.0%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
0.6%
of income
In-year balance
+4.2%
of income
National average is approximately 6.2%. Current level: 12.5%.
Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management.
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvement2 April 2025 · Academy First Section 5
Overall grade no longer given from Sep 2024
2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
700
Capacity
992 (71%)
Free school meals
39.8%
English additional lang.
40.4%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–16
Your school compared against 30 similar secondary schools in Yorkshire and the Humber, 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.
50.8
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
13.8
Mean salary
£50,000
Turnover
—
Vacancy rate
0.0%
Sickness (days)
—
Overall absence
12.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.
38.7%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
6.5%
Unauthorised absence
6.1%
2024/25 · 715 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 | £6.4m | £6.2m | £5.2m | 80.8% | +£135k | £299k | 4.7% | £7,136 |
| 2022/23 | £2.2m | £2.5m | £1.9m | 82.9% | -£299k | £0 | 0.0% | £2,497 |
| 2023/24 | £7.3m | £7.0m | £5.6m | 77.0% | +£306k | £44k | 0.6% | £9,396 |
Teaching staff
£3.9m
55% of spend
Support staff
£1.1m
16% of spend
Premises
£329k
5% of spend
Other costs
£1.0m
15% 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 | —* | 28.8 | 31.9% | 11.3% | 14.9% | — | 141 |
* 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 | 63.4 | 14.3 | £43,635 | 21.1% | 0.0% | 5.8 |
| 2021/22 | 61.9 | 14.4 | £43,622 | 6.5% | 0.0% | — |
| 2022/23 | 64.9 | 13.3 | £46,174 | 20.6% | 1.5% | — |
| 2023/24 | 57.5 | 13.4 | £51,967 | 28.7% | 0.0% | 10.9 |
| 2024/25 | 50.8 | 13.8 | £50,000 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
12.5%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
38.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
6.5%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
6.1%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 6.8% | 4.4% | +2.4pp | 22.9% | 4.5% | 2.2% | 770 |
| 2014/15 | 6.8% | 4.5% | +2.3pp | 21.5% | 4.6% | 2.2% | 769 |
| 2015/16 | 6.8% | 4.5% | +2.3pp | 19.0% | 3.9% | 2.8% | 772 |
| 2016/17 | 6.1% | 4.6% | +1.5pp | 17.1% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 784 |
| 2017/18 | 6.5% | 4.8% | +1.8pp | 18.3% | 3.6% | 3.0% | 811 |
| 2018/19 | 8.2% | 4.6% | +3.6pp | 25.5% | 4.6% | 3.6% | 817 |
| 2020/21 | 8.3% | 4.5% | +3.8pp | 23.6% | 5.7% | 2.5% | 795 |
| 2021/22 | 8.9% | 7.1% | +1.8pp | 28.2% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 780 |
| 2022/23 | 11.2% | 6.8% | +4.4pp | 36.6% | 6.3% | 4.9% | 773 |
| 2023/24 | 13.0% | 6.6% | +6.4pp | 40.7% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 744 |
| 2024/25 | 12.5% | 6.2% | +6.3pp | 38.7% | 6.5% | 6.1% | 715 |
2 April 2025 · Academy First Section 5
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
Requires improvementLeadership & management
Requires improvementFrom September 2024, Ofsted no longer gives single overall effectiveness grades.
View full report on Ofsted →| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Jul 2021 | URN 107428 | Inadequate |