Clacton County High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 20 2018 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
Essex
Unique reference
138084
Address
Walton Road, CO15 6DZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1829 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
49.5%
Girls
50.5%
First language not English
4.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.5%
Persistent absence
20.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.8%
Mixed 3.9%
Other White 3.3%
African 1.6%
Unclassified 1%
Indian 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.3
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.31
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award223
Art & DesignTechnical Award21
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award40
MultimediaTechnical Award33
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE51
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE40
ChemistryGCSE40
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE89
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Clacton County High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
334
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
388
2nd preference
143
3rd preference
22
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
328
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
334
163
171
Year 8
337
169
168
Year 9
297
141
156
Year 10
287
149
138
Year 11
276
150
126
Year 12
184
83
101
Year 13
114
51
63
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
81.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
63.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
6.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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