Claremont High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Outstanding
Mar 25 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Brent
Unique reference
136656
Address
Claremont Avenue, Kenton, HA3 0UH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1657 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
51.4%
Girls
48.6%
First language not English
44.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
17%
Persistent absence
17.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 29.4%
Other White 18.5%
Mixed 15.2%
Other 13.4%
Other Asian 5.1%
Pakistani 4.1%
Caribbean 3.7%
White British 3.5%
Unclassified 2.9%
African 2.4%
Other Black 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 81%
Local authority average 61%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 61%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.8
Local authority average 51.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.31
Local authority average 4.78
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE7
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE98
Business Studies:SingleGCSE126
ChemistryGCSE98
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
EconomicsGCSE30
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Claremont High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
269
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
306
2nd preference
266
3rd preference
175
From another Local Authority
341
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
211
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
51
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
300
163
137
Year 8
298
134
164
Year 9
267
149
118
Year 10
274
133
141
Year 11
272
142
130
Year 12
129
73
56
Year 13
117
58
59
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
92.3%
85.5%
Further education
30.0%
24.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
50.0%
59.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
13.0%
8.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
0.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.3%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
89.0%
82.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
26.0%
32.5%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022