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Claydon High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 765Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 144214URN

Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, IP6 0EG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.6 above Suffolk median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Suffolk

326 applications for 148 places · 7th of 41 in Suffolk
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.2of 90
18th of 43 in Suffolk
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 December 2025Published 25 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 2 December 2025
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 16 September 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Suffolk median (1.6) close to England median (2.2)

326 applications · 148 places offered · 179 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.6
  3. 2024 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.6
  4. 2023 2.0; Suffolk median median 1.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.1; Suffolk median median 1.4
  8. 2019 2.2; Suffolk median median 1.5
  9. 2018 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.5
  10. 2017 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Suffolk median median 1.5; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Suffolk median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Suffolk median

Dashed bars: as Claydon High School (URN 124846), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261483262.21791.21
Sep 20251512891.91701.13
Sep 20241492942.01711.15
Sep 20231553092.01941.25
Sep 20221553362.22011.30
Sep 20211552901.91621.05
Sep 20201553282.11931.25
Sep 20191563462.22071.33
Sep 20181452421.71430.99
Sep 20171372301.71300.95
Sep 2016 *1492751.91661.11
Sep 2015 *1472341.61501.02
Sep 2014 *1021551.5930.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

144 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.218th of 43 in Suffolk
Grade 5 or above in English and maths44%16th of 43 in Suffolk
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • Suffolk median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.18
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14445.244%65%–
2024/2515445.042%66%–
2023/2415644.133%62%−0.18
2022/2314645.643%71%−0.07

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
144214 · 935/4096
Trust
Penrose Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
675 pupils · 765 on roll
Free school meals
22.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2017
Replaced
Claydon High School (URN 124846)
Address
Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich, IP6 0EG
Local authority
Suffolk · Mid Suffolk

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources