Clacton County High School
Walton Road, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6DZ
1,886 pupils · 81% of 2,320 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE SIGMA TRUST
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 36.8%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 16 October 2024, published 1 December 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 38.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 30.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 54% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 18.1% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.13 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 303 | 342 | 471 | 303 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 324 | 342 | 505 | 324 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 334 | 388 | 562 | 334 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 333 | 447 | 610 | 333 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 327 | 391 | 552 | 327 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 304 | 367 | 513 | 304 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 274 | 368 | 524 | 274 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 276 | 351 | 494 | 276 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Lift Clacton 1.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Lift Tendring 8.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Colne Community School 10 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Harwich and Dovercourt High School 16.3 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Manningtree High School 17.7 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Colchester Academy 18.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.