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State secondary · 11 to 19 · Mixed · 1,460 pupils

St Clere's School

Butts Lane, Stanford-le-Hope, SS17 0NW · Thurrock
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

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Ofsted: Good · April 2025(9/13)Oversubscribed · 1.2 first choices per place (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 2,164th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(9/13)Rank among 13 Thurrock secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
Inspection
Good, April 2025
Getting in
Oversubscribed
Results
-0.34 progress 8; 42.9 attainment 8
Size
1,460 pupils; 236 places a year; classes of 23
Run by
Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11 to 19 · Mixed
Ofsted, April 2025The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Persistently absent: 20.4%, against 23.6% in Thurrock.
  • Progress 8: -0.34, against -0.02 in Thurrock.
  • Attainment 8: 42.9, against 46.7 in Thurrock.
  • English and maths, grade 5+: 41%, against 47% in Thurrock.
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At a glance

Against Thurrock and England
This schoolThurrockEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
-0.34
Worse than Thurrock
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
42.9
Worse than Thurrock
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
41%
Worse than Thurrock
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
7.5%
In line with Thurrock
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
20.4%
Better than Thurrock
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
30.8
Worse than Thurrock
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
22.9
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
20%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
17.3
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
1.2
More sought after than Thurrock
Thurrock and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 288 families put it first for 236 places; 217 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
  • Some places go first to children from named primary schools: see the feeder rules below.

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 29 April 2025
  • Progress 8: -0.34 (England +0.01) (county -0.02) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 42.9 (England 47.4) (county 46.7) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 41% (England 48%) (county 47%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: below average DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024

Daily life

  • Absence: 7.5% of sessions missed; 20% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 7.4% and 19% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 31 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 9); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 22.9 pupils; 26% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 17.3 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 83 m, rail 491 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 5 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 1 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 12.3 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.7 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust, with 12 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2011
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2011 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced St Clere's School (URN 115356) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 September 2011
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026240————
Year 72025240————

Source: Council offer-day figures: Thurrock Council, 2025 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026236288640217
Year 72025236242610216
Year 72024238256626223
Year 72023238304785228
Year 72022239308735225
Year 72021237333744230
Year 72020260392934245
Year 72019257374886243
Year 72018370368888335
Year 72017221318742206

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Feeder school rules

Named feeder primary schools · Year 7

Priority position: e as printed (after a looked after, b trust staff, c older siblings, d priority admissions area; letters printed apart from the texts)

Priority will next be given to children who attend any named feeder primary school: • Arthur Bugler Primary School. • East Tilbury Primary School • Horndon on the Hill Church of England Primary School • Stanford-le-Hope Primary School

Feeder schools: Arthur Bugler Primary School, East Tilbury Primary School, Horndon on the Hill Church of England Primary School, Stanford-le-Hope Primary School

From the admission arrangements for 2027/28: the document, page 49; read by our tools and not yet confirmed by a person.

Quoted word for word from the arrangements the school or council published. Check the quote against the school's own current admission policy before you rely on it: rules change each year.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8-0.34+0.01-0.022023/2024
Attainment 842.947.446.72025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above41%48%47%2025/2026
Average A level gradeD+——2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)(9/13)
A level (16 to 18)(4/4)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
29 April 2025Graded inspectionQuality of education: Good

Source: Ofsted, 2025.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2425291%In education 82%; Apprenticeship 4.8%; Employment 4.0%
After GCSEs2022/2334392%In education 84%; Apprenticeship 3.8%; Employment 3.8%
After GCSEs2021/2222692%In education 83%; Apprenticeship 4.4%; Employment 4.9%
After sixth form2023/241hidden by DfEFurther education hidden by DfE; Apprenticeship hidden by DfE; Employment hidden by DfE

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Thurrock league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/257.5%4.8%2.7%20%2.5%
2023/246.2%3.8%2.4%18%0.5%
2022/236.1%3.9%2.2%16%0.7%
Schools with a similar intake7.4%19%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 831 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2530.89.8%4430
2023/2413.06.2%1732
2022/239.15.3%1220
Schools with a similar intake8.9

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size22.92025/26
Classes over 30 pupils26%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher17.3November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus83
rail491

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20251
20240
20231
20222
20211

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 1 serious and 0 fatal in all; 1 involved a pedestrian, 1 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO212.32024
PM1013.42024
PM257.72024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals20%2025/26
First language other than English7.6%2025/26
SEN support12%2025/26
Education, health and care plan5.4%2025/26
Girls48%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust, with 12 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2011
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 September 2011 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced St Clere's School (URN 115356) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 September 2011
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Thurrock Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Stanford-le-Hope and the Thurrock league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.