Claydon High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 16 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
144214
Address
Church Lane, Claydon, IP6 0EG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
771 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
4.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.6%
Persistent absence
17.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.7%
Mixed 6.5%
Unclassified 2.7%
Other White 2.1%
Other 0.8%
African 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 27%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45
Local authority average 42.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.97
Local authority average 3.69
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE5
BiologyGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE32
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE154
English LiteratureGCSE151
FrenchGCSE17
GeographyGCSE72
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Claydon High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
170
2nd preference
69
3rd preference
50
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
154
79
75
Year 8
155
80
75
Year 9
155
75
80
Year 10
153
78
75
Year 11
154
87
67
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
86.1%
85.5%
Further education
29.0%
41.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
53.0%
39.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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