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24.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals.
Ofsted: Quality of education: Good
220 pupils at the end of Year 11.
85 A-level students; average grade C+, best three A levels averaging B-. Progress: average (value added -0.16).
For Year 7 in September 2026, 133 families put it first for 153 places (0.9 first choices per place). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.
| Entry | Places | First choices | Per place | First choices offered a place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7, 2024 | 209 | 119 | 0.6 | 100% |
| Year 7, 2025 | 192 | 159 | 0.8 | 99% |
| Year 7, 2026 | 153 | 133 | 0.9 | 100% |
Swimming pool (16 m), sports hall (4 courts), 4 football pitches, 2 rugby pitches, cricket, grass hockey.
Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities
Income £9.5m, spending £9.3m (September 2024 to August 2025, 1,231 pupils).
Run by John Taylor Mat, a trust of 20 academies and 10,278 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £6.6m, 8.6% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.
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| Subject | Entries | Grades 8–9 | England 8–9 | Grades 7+ | Grades 4+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 219 | 2.7% | 13% | 13.2% | 71.7% |
| English Language | 218 | 5% | 9.2% | 12.4% | 71.1% |
| English Literature | 216 | 4.2% | 9.9% | 15.7% | 76.9% |
| Geography | 136 | 1.5% | 13.6% | 7.4% | 56.6% |
| History | 105 | 10.5% | 15.2% | 25.7% | 59% |
| Design & Technology | 71 | 0% | 13.3% | 0% | 28.2% |
| Art and Design | 66 | 9.1% | 13.2% | 25.8% | 84.8% |
| Religious Studies | 56 | 14.3% | 19% | 23.2% | 71.4% |
| French | 44 | 2.3% | 18.1% | 18.2% | 79.5% |
| Chemistry | 43 | 9.3% | 31.4% | 18.6% | 97.7% |
| Physics | 43 | 7% | 29.4% | 11.6% | 97.7% |
| Biology | 43 | 7% | 28.6% | 16.3% | 93% |
| Social Studies | 42 | 7.1% | 10.8% | 21.4% | 64.3% |
| German | 38 | 2.6% | 20.6% | 5.3% | 63.2% |
| Computer Science | 21 | 0% | 19.9% | 0% | 23.8% |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 20 | 0% | 11.5% | 0% | 20% |
| Subject | Entries | A*–A | England A*–A | A* | A*–B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 17 | 23.5% | 25.2% | 11.8% | 35.3% |
| Sociology | 17 | 11.8% | 19.3% | 11.8% | 41.2% |
| Psychology | 16 | 31.3% | 19.8% | 6.3% | 56.3% |
| Biology | 15 | 13.3% | 29% | 0% | 53.3% |
| History | 14 | 14.3% | 25.5% | 7.1% | 35.7% |
| Religious Studies | 12 | 16.7% | 23.8% | 16.7% | 25% |
| Mathematics | 10 | 20% | 42.8% | 0% | 40% |
| Chemistry | 10 | 10% | 33.2% | 0% | 40% |
| Fine Art | 9 | 22.2% | 35.5% | 11.1% | 77.8% |
| Geography | 8 | 12.5% | 24.2% | 0% | 25% |
| Photography | 6 | 0% | 23.8% | 0% | 100% |
| Physics | 6 | 0% | 32.6% | 0% | 16.7% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 16.7% | 23.5% | 0% | 50% |
| 3D Studies | 5 | 0% | 28.6% | 0% | 0% |