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36.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals.
Ofsted: Quality of education: Good
221 pupils at the end of Year 11.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 175 families put it first for 210 places (0.8 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 | 300 | 176 | 0.6 | 100% |
| Year 7, 2025 | 225 | 123 | 0.6 | 100% |
| Year 7, 2026 | 210 | 175 | 0.8 | 100% |
Swimming pool (25 m, 5 lanes), sports hall (5 courts), artificial hockey pitch, 1 football pitch, gym, dance or fitness studio, squash.
Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities
Income £10.5m, spending £10.0m (September 2024 to August 2025, 1,171 pupils).
Run by Star Academies, a trust of 35 academies and 23,008 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £40.1m, 20.7% 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+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 220 | 7.3% | 9.9% | 15% | 70.5% |
| English Language | 220 | 5.9% | 9.2% | 15.5% | 71.4% |
| Mathematics | 219 | 5.9% | 13% | 13.2% | 70.8% |
| Spanish | 145 | 2.1% | 15.3% | 7.6% | 47.6% |
| History | 126 | 7.1% | 15.2% | 10.3% | 51.6% |
| Geography | 103 | 5.8% | 13.6% | 10.7% | 45.6% |
| Religious Studies | 79 | 10.1% | 19% | 21.5% | 77.2% |
| Art and Design | 55 | 9.1% | 13.2% | 20% | 83.6% |
| French | 31 | 0% | 18.1% | 3.2% | 29% |
| Biology | 23 | 47.8% | 28.6% | 69.6% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 23 | 39.1% | 31.4% | 60.9% | 100% |
| Physics | 23 | 34.8% | 29.4% | 78.3% | 100% |
| Dance | 17 | 0% | 15.4% | 0% | 41.2% |
| Other Modern Languages | 12 | 33.3% | 31.4% | 41.7% | 41.7% |