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13.8% of pupils eligible for free school meals.
Ofsted: School remains Good at an ungraded inspection
208 pupils at the end of Year 11.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 227 families put it first for 202 places (1.1 first choices per place). 83% of the families who put it first got a place.
| Entry | Places | First choices | Per place | First choices offered a place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7, 2024 | 206 | 239 | 1.2 | 85% |
| Year 7, 2025 | 204 | 270 | 1.3 | 75% |
| Year 7, 2026 | 202 | 227 | 1.1 | 83% |
Sports hall (4 courts), 1 rugby 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
Income £7.9m, spending £8.1m (September 2024 to August 2025, 1,068 pupils).
Run by Saffron Academy Trust, a trust of 9 academies and 6,722 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £2.6m, 5% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.
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Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.
| Subject | Entries | Grades 8–9 | England 8–9 | Grades 7+ | Grades 4+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 207 | 6.3% | 13% | 18.8% | 73.4% |
| English Language | 206 | 3.9% | 9.2% | 15.5% | 66% |
| English Literature | 206 | 4.4% | 9.9% | 12.1% | 72.8% |
| Geography | 113 | 0.9% | 13.6% | 8% | 56.6% |
| History | 92 | 13% | 15.2% | 29.3% | 75% |
| Art and Design | 65 | 4.6% | 13.2% | 18.5% | 86.2% |
| French | 54 | 5.6% | 18.1% | 18.5% | 79.6% |
| Computer Science | 53 | 7.5% | 19.9% | 9.4% | 54.7% |
| German | 47 | 4.3% | 20.6% | 14.9% | 63.8% |
| Physical Education | 45 | 4.4% | 12.8% | 13.3% | 82.2% |
| Design & Technology | 37 | 0% | 13.3% | 10.8% | 64.9% |
| Chemistry | 32 | 15.6% | 31.4% | 25% | 96.9% |
| Biology | 32 | 6.3% | 28.6% | 21.9% | 100% |
| Physics | 32 | 18.8% | 29.4% | 34.4% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 29 | 10.3% | 19% | 34.5% | 72.4% |
| Spanish | 28 | 7.1% | 15.3% | 7.1% | 60.7% |
| Drama | 26 | 19.2% | 15.9% | 30.8% | 69.2% |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 17 | 11.8% | 11.5% | 17.6% | 94.1% |
| Music | 16 | 12.5% | 20.5% | 12.5% | 25% |