Rayner Stephens High School

Secondary · state · ages 11–16 · 635 pupils · SK16 5BL · STAMFORD PARK TRUST

Below goodOfstedInspected Apr 2026

7.8%GCSE grades 8–9England median 9.6%

0.8Applications per placeFirst choices, Year 7 2026

35.6Attainment 8England median 45.8

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47.2% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: Report card: achievement needs attention, curriculum and teaching needs attention

GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 97.8% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above13.1% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)35.6 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths29.6% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths46.5% (typical 65.8%)

142 pupils at the end of Year 11.

How hard is it to get in?

For Year 7 in September 2026, 131 families put it first for 161 places (0.8 first choices per place). 99% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Year 7, 2024	152	75	0.5	100%
Year 7, 2025	155	105	0.7	100%
Year 7, 2026	161	131	0.8	99%

Money

£9,008spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

77%of spending on staff, 50% on teachers

£4krevenue reserve (0.1% of a year's income)

£437ksurplus in the year

Income £6.1m, spending £5.7m (September 2024 to August 2025, 628 pupils).

Run by Stamford Park Trust, a trust of 4 academies and 4,710 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £9.0m, 26.3% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Progress 8 (how pupils did against similar pupils nationally) isn't published for 2024/25, because these pupils sat no tests at 11 during Covid.
GCSE tables: GCSE (9–1) full courses taken in 2024/25; subjects with 5 or more entries. Small entries swing a lot from year to year.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.

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GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 97.8% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above13.1% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)35.6 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths29.6% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths46.5% (typical 65.8%)

142 pupils at the end of Year 11.

GCSE grades by subject

Subject	Entries	Grades 8–9	England 8–9	Grades 7+	Grades 4+
Mathematics	138	5.8%	13%	10.9%	50%
English Language	138	6.5%	9.2%	10.1%	56.5%
English Literature	123	7.3%	9.9%	12.2%	64.2%
Geography	58	1.7%	13.6%	8.6%	51.7%
History	45	8.9%	15.2%	11.1%	48.9%
Design & Technology	27	0%	13.3%	7.4%	66.7%
Physics	25	16%	29.4%	24%	72%
Biology	25	24%	28.6%	24%	72%
Chemistry	25	16%	31.4%	24%	72%
Religious Studies	21	23.8%	19%	38.1%	57.1%
Art and Design	16	0%	13.2%	6.3%	62.5%
Spanish	14	14.3%	15.3%	28.6%	71.4%
Other Modern Languages	9	0%	31.4%	0%	0%

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Year 7, 2024

152

0.5

100%

Year 7, 2025

155

105

0.7