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The Clere School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Earlstone Common, Burghclere, Newbury RG20 9HP · clere.school · 01635 278372
On the mapSearch near RG20 9HP
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 382
- 53% of 725 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.8%
- First language not English
- 3.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 36 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 36 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 70 | 56 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 74 | 64 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 113 | 87 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 115 | 94 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.3, and 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hampshire it was 45.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼42.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.71 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.8 | +0.7 |
| Sixth form college | 38.9 | −14.7 |
| Further education | 31.9 | −1.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 15.3 | +13.2 |
| Employment | 4.2 | −2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.2 | +2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.8 | +1.8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Clere School on 15 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 15 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2019
Other inspections
Report cards, from November 2025
- Jun 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
September 2019 to November 2025
- Sept 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
May 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
52% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (61 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 52%
- Positive
- 42%
- Replies
- 61
- 13% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on 23 parents (38%) whose child was bullied
based on 18 parents (30%) with SEND