This all-through school is smaller than typical secondary schools. The vast majority of pupils are White British. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for children in local authority care and for pupils known to be eligible for free school meals, is well-above average. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs or disability support or with an education, health and care plan is well above that found nationally. The academy makes use of a range of alternative provision for pupils where necessary. The academy provides a local authority resource base known as ‘the Hub’. This provision currently caters for 30 pupils with severe learning difficulties, all of whom are registered on the roll of the academy. The executive principal, secondary headteacher and secondary deputy headteachers joined the school in September 2015. The primary headteacher and primary assistant headteachers are the same team as at the previous inspection. The school meets the government’s current key stage 2 floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils’ attainment and progress by the end of Year 6. The school does not meet the government’s current key stage 4 floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for pupils’ attainment and progress by the end of Year 11. The school is currently sponsored by Gentoo, a social housing group that contributes to the regeneration of the surrounding area. It is planned that the school will become part of the Laidlaw Schools Trust by September 2016. The school does not meet requirements on the publication of information about key stage 4 results on its website.