Minerva Independent School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 8DH
- Distance
- 2.7km away
Shorefields School
Ogilvie House, 114 Holland Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6HF
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
172
Capacity
3-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 6 November 2024.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Cohort Size
- 6
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 162
- Boys
- 108 (61%)
- Girls
- 69 (39%)
- Capacity
- 172 (103% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 60.0%
- EAL
- 4.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £30,525/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 36.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.1%
- Asian Indian: 2.5%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Other: 1.2%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
88.9%
White British
3.1%
Mixed White & Asian
2.5%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Ogilvie House
Clacton-on-Sea, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 115471
- UKPRN
- 10018206
- Establishment No.
- 7060
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