Claverham Community College

Community school·Secondary school Battle, East Sussex·TN33 0HT
Composite score
62.9
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#884
National rank
#166
In South East
#3
In East Sussex
Top 28%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
50.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
56%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
74%
% EBacc grade 5+
35%
EBacc average points score
4.69

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
72%
307 first choices, 226 places
First choices per place
1.36
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
703
any preference, for 226 places
Last place offered lived
4.25 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 6837 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15
00.511.52
1 per place
1.2320220.9920231.3920241.5020251.362026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,148
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
21.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,563
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
96%
226 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Claverham Community College

Claverham Community College is a secondary school in Battle, East Sussex, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 1,148 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 50.3, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 28% of secondary schools nationally.

56% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 74% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 72% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (307 first choices for 226 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 4.25 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 18.3 pupils per teacher. Claverham Community College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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