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Clare Mount Specialist Sports College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Community special school
Birket Avenue, Leasowe CH46 1RA · claremountssc.co.uk · 0151 606 9440
On the mapSearch near CH46 1RA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 19.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Wirral 45.3, England 46
- Pupils
- 461
- 61 over 400 places · 115%
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 59.3%
- First language not English
- 2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 19.8, and 7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Wirral it was 45.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼19.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼7.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼18.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼7.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼1.66 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 32.5 | +5 |
| Other education | 55 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5 | −2.5 |
| Activity not captured | 7.5 | +2.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Clare Mount Specialist Sports College on 19 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Exceptional
- Post-16 provision: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Exceptional
- Inspected
- 19 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Exceptional |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Exceptional |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Exceptional |
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional |
Previously: Remains Outstanding, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Outstanding
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding Sept 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (58 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 58
- 23% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 58 parents (100%) with SEND