Shorefields SchoolCompass Community School Essex

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Shorefields School and Compass Community School Essex.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Shorefields School was judged Outstanding and Compass Community School Essex was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Shorefields School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Shorefields School versus Compass Community School Essex compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Clacton-on-SeaShorefields School	EssexCompass Community School Essex	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	3-19	11-17
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	162	16
Capacity	145	18
Location	Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6HF	Essex, CO16 9PY
GCSE results
Cohort	8	4
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	0.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	162	16
Free school meals (ever 6)	60.0%	0.0%
English as an additional language	4.9%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	6.3%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	93.8%
Attendance
Overall absence	11.3%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	36.8%	Not reported	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.