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49.5% of pupils eligible for free school meals.
Ofsted: Some aspects not as strong at an ungraded inspection
273 pupils at the end of Year 11.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 206 families put it first for 230 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 | 257 | 272 | 1.1 | 87% |
| Year 7, 2025 | 256 | 223 | 0.9 | 100% |
| Year 7, 2026 | 230 | 206 | 0.9 | 100% |
Sports hall (6 courts), 3G pitch, athletics track, 2 football pitches.
Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities
Income £12.3m, spending £11.3m (September 2024 to August 2025, 1,323 pupils).
Run by Altus Education Partnership, a trust of 5 academies and 4,650 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £5.0m, 18% 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 | 269 | 2.6% | 13% | 5.6% | 39.8% |
| English Language | 269 | 3.3% | 9.2% | 7.8% | 53.5% |
| English Literature | 255 | 4.3% | 9.9% | 7.5% | 58% |
| Art and Design | 145 | 7.6% | 13.2% | 19.3% | 73.1% |
| History | 121 | 3.3% | 15.2% | 5% | 32.2% |
| Biology | 99 | 8.1% | 28.6% | 15.2% | 70.7% |
| Chemistry | 99 | 10.1% | 31.4% | 18.2% | 70.7% |
| Physics | 99 | 7.1% | 29.4% | 14.1% | 62.6% |
| Business | 80 | 1.3% | 10.9% | 3.8% | 31.3% |
| Social Studies | 80 | 1.3% | 10.8% | 2.5% | 52.5% |
| Religious Studies | 79 | 5.1% | 19% | 16.5% | 63.3% |
| Geography | 69 | 1.4% | 13.6% | 4.3% | 31.9% |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 59 | 0% | 11.5% | 0% | 39% |
| French | 43 | 11.6% | 18.1% | 37.2% | 88.4% |
| Spanish | 24 | 16.7% | 15.3% | 33.3% | 70.8% |
| Computer Science | 23 | 13% | 19.9% | 17.4% | 60.9% |
| Statistics | 18 | 0% | 11.4% | 0% | 72.2% |
| Other Modern Languages | 17 | 0% | 31.4% | 17.6% | 35.3% |
| Music | 5 | 0% | 20.5% | 0% | 0% |