Clacton County High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D50
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6DZ
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Lift Clacton
Pathfields Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 3JL
Local ranking73rd of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1550
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 11 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 29.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 14.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 33.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 262
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 60.0%
- Higher education
- 17.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 34.0%
- Not sustained
- 34.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
26
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 189
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1516
- Boys
- 715 (49%)
- Girls
- 751 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1550 (95% full)
- SEND
- 26.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 57.0%
- EAL
- 2.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 23.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,002/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
- 18.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 47.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.5%
- White Other: 2.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Black African: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
- Other: 1.7%
- Black Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
85.5%
White British
2.2%
White Other
2.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Pathfields Road
Clacton-on-Sea, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 135957
- UKPRN
- 10028138
- Establishment No.
- 6910
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
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