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Claydon High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Church Lane, Claydon, Ipswich IP6 0EG · claydonhigh.co.uk · 01473 836110
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45
- average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 765
- 90 over 675 places · 113%
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.9%
- First language not English
- 4.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 179 families put the school first and 148 places were offered; 82% 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 | 148 | 179 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 151 | 170 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 149 | 171 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 155 | 194 | 1.3▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 155 | 201 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45, and 41.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Suffolk it was 42.8, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45 | 46 | ||
| ▼41.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼27.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.97 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 124846)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 49.4 | −6.9 |
| Further education | 37.8 | +9.3 |
| Other education | 0.6 | −0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.1 | +1.8 |
| Employment | 2.6 | −2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.2 | −0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 1.3 | 0 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Claydon High School on 2 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 2 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (76 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Positive
- 85%
- Replies
- 76
- 10% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on 19 parents (25%) whose child was bullied
based on 23 parents (30%) with SEND