St Clere's School

Academy converter·Secondary school Stanford-le-Hope, Thurrock·SS17 0NW
Composite score
54.0
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National rank
#223
In East of England
#6
In Thurrock
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
43.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
41%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
20%
EBacc average points score
3.82

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
75%
288 first choices, 236 places
First choices per place
1.22
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
640
any preference, for 236 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2920221.2820231.0820241.0220251.222026

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

Thurrock does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St Clere's School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,438
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
7.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
17.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,690
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
92%
343 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
85%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About St Clere's School

St Clere's School is a secondary school in Stanford-le-Hope, Thurrock, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,438 pupils aged 11 to 19 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 43.2, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 0.7 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 lower half of secondary schools nationally.

41% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 64% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 75% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (288 first choices for 236 places). After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. St Clere's School 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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