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The Clere School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 39 38.8 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
38.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
34.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.62 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 41.3[5] 42%[5]
2023/24 39.1[3] 37.5%[3] -0.62[3]
2022/23 38.6[6] 39%[6] -0.73[6]
2021/22 48.7[7] 52%[7] -0.37[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
24 Mar 2026[8]
Type
Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 2[8]
Report published
7 Jun 2026[8]
Outcomes for legacy monitoring inspections
Leaders and governors/trustees are taking effective action to improve the school but continued work is needed to remove the serious weaknesses designation[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Jan 2025[9] S5 Inspection[9] No overall grade[9]
21 May 2019[10] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[10] Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.8 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
99 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
33 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
36 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place
Entry Sept 2025 153[11] 56[11] 70[11] 2.2[11]
Entry Sept 2024 186[11] 64[11] 74[11] 2.5[11]
Entry Sept 2023 180[11] 87[11] 113[11] 1.6[11]
Entry Sept 2022 194[11] 94[11] 115[11] 1.7[11]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[12]
Places (published admission number)
145 Entry Sept 2026[12]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
725[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.clere.school[1]
District
Basingstoke and Deane[13]
Postcode
RG20 9HP[1]
URN
116430[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
468 2024/25[14]
English as an additional language
3.2% 2024/25[14]
SEN support
15.4% 2024/25[14]
EHC plan
7.1% 2024/25[14]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.9% 2024/25[14]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. clere.school: clere.school — Admissions Policy (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The County Council will consider first all those applications received by the published deadline of midnight on 31 October 2025. (p. 1)
    The PAN for The Clere School for 2026-2027 is 145. (p. 1)
  13. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.