Sir Thomas Fremantle School is a secondary free school in Winslow, United Kingdom with 681 pupils, part of Sir Thomas Fremantle School. As of 8 November 2026 it is advertising 3 vacancies: Cover Supervisor (closes 26 November), School Medical Officer (closes 20 November) and Assistant Headteacher – Inclusion/SENDCO (closes 20 November).
Head
Francis Murphy, Headmaster
Trust or group
Sir Thomas Fremantle School
Type
Free school, Secondary
Pupils
681 pupils · 46% girls · 25.4% eligible for free school meals · 8.4% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
131 (19.2%) on SEN support · 26 (3.8%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
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Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
41.6
39.8%
2024/25
40.4
24.2%
2023/24
44.3
41.6%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
8 May 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
11 December 2018
Short inspection
Remained Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
39.0
17.5
–
0
£51,717
2024/25
39.0
16.2
16%
0
£48,670
2023/24
34.4
17.5
20%
0
£38,972
2022/23
35.0
16.4
26%
0
£39,463
2021/22
39.4
14.5
23%
0
£39,745
2020/21
40.7
13.9
8%
0
£39,100
Earlier years (2013/14 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
35.0
15.1
10%
0
£38,355
2018/19
35.5
14.3
17%
0
£37,293
2016/17
28.6
12.9
14%
0
£32,442
2014/15
10.0
20.4
10%
0
£37,962
2013/14
7.7
14.3
7%
0
£41,981
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
8.2%
1.2%
25.2%
3.1%
2024/25
9.1%
1.5%
25.3%
4.9%
2023/24
9.3%
1.4%
23.3%
4.5%
2022/23
9.4%
1.6%
27.5%
3.9%
2021/22
9.3%
1.2%
29.9%
3.6%
2020/21
3.5%
0.6%
9.0%
0.7%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.5%
1.0%
10.4%
1.4%
2017/18
4.7%
0.8%
11.1%
1.2%
2016/17
5.0%
0.4%
8.9%
0.8%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
11 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 8 teaching, 3 support. Most often advertised: Learning Support Assistant (2), Teacher of Science (2), Behaviour Support Mentor. Last advertised September 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.