It is a smaller-than-average-sized middle school. The school is in a hard federation with another middle school and high school. Each of the schools has its own headteacher. There is one federated governing body, with each of the schools having a nominated group of governors who form a steering group, which works directly with the school and reports to the full governing body. Almost all of the pupils are of White British backgrounds. Very few pupils speak English as an additional language. A higher-than-average number of pupils joins or leaves the school at other than the usual time. The proportion of pupils supported through school action is marginally above average. The proportion supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is above that usually found. Currently, there is a broadly average proportion of disadvantaged pupils eligible for pupil premium funding. The pupil premium is additional funding provided for students who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those who are looked after by the local authority. A very few pupils are from service families and are supported through the services premium.