Clayton Hall Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 6 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
142278
Address
Clayton Lane, Clayton, ST5 3DN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
780 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
13.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.9%
Persistent absence
21.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.2%
Other Asian 6%
Mixed 4.1%
African 3.3%
Other White 3.1%
Pakistani 2.4%
Other 1.8%
Indian 1.5%
Other Black 1.3%
Chinese 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Caribbean 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.6
Local authority average 43.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.02
Local authority average 3.77
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award29
Speech & DramaTechnical Award17
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE25
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Clayton Hall Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
99
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
110
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
134
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
26
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 classes25.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
171
93
78
Year 8
145
74
71
Year 9
179
95
84
Year 10
143
71
72
Year 11
142
60
82
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
77.0%
46.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
2.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
10.0%
3.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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