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14% of pupils eligible for free school meals.
Ofsted: School remains Good at an ungraded inspection
221 pupils at the end of Year 11.
136 A-level students; average grade B-, best three A levels averaging B. Progress: above average (value added +0.21).
For Year 7 in September 2026, 290 families put it first for 226 places (1.3 first choices per place, oversubscribed). 76% of the families who put it first got a place.
| Entry | Places | First choices | Per place | First choices offered a place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7, 2024 | 231 | 253 | 1.1 | 84% |
| Year 7, 2025 | 234 | 243 | 1.0 | 89% |
| Year 7, 2026 | 226 | 290 | 1.3 | 76% |
Sports hall (4 courts), artificial hockey pitch, 1 football pitch, tennis courts, dance or fitness studio.
Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities
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| Subject | Entries | A*–A | England A*–A | A* | A*–B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 40 | 30% | 29% | 7.5% | 60% |
| Mathematics | 39 | 56.4% | 42.8% | 30.8% | 71.8% |
| Psychology | 33 | 24.2% | 19.8% | 6.1% | 48.5% |
| Chemistry | 29 | 41.4% | 33.2% | 6.9% | 75.9% |
| Geography | 27 | 18.5% | 24.2% | 0% | 51.9% |
| Physics | 23 | 39.1% | 32.6% | 21.7% | 65.2% |
| Fine Art | 15 | 60% | 35.5% | 13.3% | 86.7% |
| Sociology | 14 | 7.1% | 19.3% | 0% | 35.7% |
| History | 14 | 21.4% | 25.5% | 0% | 71.4% |
| Mathematics (Further) | 13 | 76.9% | 53.1% | 38.5% | 76.9% |
| English Literature | 13 | 15.4% | 25.2% | 0% | 61.5% |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 13 | 7.7% | 16.2% | 0% | 46.2% |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 9 | 0% | 14% | 0% | 55.6% |
| French | 7 | 14.3% | 27.6% | 0% | 57.1% |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 6 | 50% | 15.8% | 16.7% | 50% |
| Government and Politics | 6 | 0% | 28.3% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Music | 5 | 0% | 14.9% | 0% | 0% |
| Subject | Entries | Grades 8–9 | England 8–9 | Grades 7+ | Grades 4+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 217 | 18.4% | 13% | 31.8% | 87.1% |
| English Language | 217 | 11.1% | 9.2% | 24.4% | 80.2% |
| English Literature | 207 | 14% | 9.9% | 26.1% | 83.1% |
| Geography | 154 | 16.2% | 13.6% | 35.7% | 84.4% |
| Art and Design | 132 | 14.4% | 13.2% | 37.9% | 93.9% |
| History | 72 | 20.8% | 15.2% | 41.7% | 88.9% |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 72 | 12.5% | 11.5% | 25% | 73.6% |
| German | 67 | 28.4% | 20.6% | 46.3% | 94% |
| Physics | 61 | 62.3% | 29.4% | 78.7% | 100% |
| Biology | 61 | 47.5% | 28.6% | 77% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 61 | 52.5% | 31.4% | 82% | 98.4% |
| Physical Education | 59 | 20.3% | 12.8% | 39% | 88.1% |
| French | 57 | 19.3% | 18.1% | 31.6% | 75.4% |
| Computer Science | 37 | 10.8% | 19.9% | 29.7% | 78.4% |
| Design & Technology | 36 | 5.6% | 13.3% | 11.1% | 66.7% |
| Music | 29 | 24.1% | 20.5% | 65.5% | 96.6% |
| Drama | 19 | 10.5% | 15.9% | 36.8% | 94.7% |
| Latin | 6 | 33.3% | 58.7% | 33.3% | 83.3% |