Flags
2
0 high
Per-pupil income
£6,687.2
2023/24
Staff costs % of income
70.7%
DfE review threshold: 78%
Reserves
0.1%
of income
In-year balance
+4.2%
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%.
10 May 2023 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement2024/25 · KS4
Pupils on roll
1,011
Capacity
1,200 (84%)
Free school meals
24.7%
English additional lang.
2.8%
Ethnicity
Age range: 11–18
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.
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.
60.3
Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.
16.8
Mean salary
£48,317
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.
25.5%
10%+ sessions missed
Authorised absence
6.0%
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
2024/25 · 930 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 | £7.4m | £6.9m | £4.9m | 66.4% | +£493k | £985k | 13.4% | £6,761 |
| 2022/23 | £7.9m | £8.2m | £5.6m | 70.7% | -£348k | £638k | 8.1% | £7,170 |
| 2023/24 | £6.9m | £6.7m | £4.9m | 70.7% | +£292k | £4k | 0.1% | £6,687 |
Teaching staff
£3.7m
55% of spend
Support staff
£427k
6% of spend
Premises
£511k
8% of spend
Other costs
£1.2m
19% 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 | —* | 47.9 | 74.2% | 50.6% | 9.6% | — | 178 |
* 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 | 62.7 | 17.1 | £41,383 | 6.4% | 0.0% | 5.0 |
| 2021/22 | 61.2 | 17.8 | £41,629 | 14.2% | 0.0% | 9.3 |
| 2022/23 | 54.3 | 20.2 | £43,841 | 19.0% | 3.6% | 5.9 |
| 2023/24 | 58.5 | 17.8 | £45,309 | 10.6% | 0.0% | 5.0 |
| 2024/25 | 60.3 | 16.8 | £48,317 | —% | 0.0% | — |
Overall absence
8.8%
National avg: 6.2%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions
Authorised absence
6.0%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
2024/25
Absence composition — 2024/25
| Year | Overall | National avg | vs National | Persistent | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013/14 | 6.5% | 4.4% | +2.1pp | 20.2% | 5.3% | 1.1% | 803 |
| 2014/15 | 6.3% | 4.5% | +1.8pp | 16.3% | 5.2% | 1.1% | 800 |
| 2015/16 | 5.5% | 4.5% | +1.1pp | 12.7% | 4.5% | 1.0% | 772 |
| 2016/17 | 5.4% | 4.6% | +0.9pp | 15.0% | 4.3% | 1.1% | 782 |
| 2017/18 | 6.5% | 4.8% | +1.8pp | 20.3% | 5.2% | 1.3% | 803 |
| 2018/19 | 7.3% | 4.6% | +2.7pp | 21.8% | 5.8% | 1.6% | 852 |
| 2020/21 | 8.5% | 4.5% | +4.0pp | 24.7% | 6.5% | 2.0% | 928 |
| 2021/22 | 12.3% | 7.1% | +5.2pp | 43.8% | 9.2% | 3.1% | 963 |
| 2022/23 | 10.4% | 6.8% | +3.6pp | 32.7% | 6.9% | 3.5% | 1,007 |
| 2023/24 | 10.0% | 6.6% | +3.5pp | 31.7% | 6.8% | 3.2% | 1,001 |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% | +2.6pp | 25.5% | 6.0% | 2.8% | 930 |
10 May 2023 · S5 Inspection
Quality of education
Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes
Requires improvementPersonal development
GoodLeadership & management
Requires improvement| Date | School name | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2017 | — | Good |