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Clare Mount Specialist Sports College

Special / other · Leasowe · CH46 1RA

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Exceptional

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: ExceptionalAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: ExceptionalInclusion: ExceptionalLeadership & governance: ExceptionalEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Strong standard

Inspected 19 May 2026 · report published 24 June 2026

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At a glance

461 pupils · 100% of 400 capacity

School type
Community special school
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
59.3% of pupils
English as additional language
1.5% of pupils
SEN support
0% of pupils
EHC plan
100% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.claremountssc.co.uk
URN
105129

GCSE results (2024/2025)

43 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
19.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
18.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
1.7
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10.3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
30.4%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£17,735
Typical special / other school£29,008

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
88%
Continuing in education
85%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
3%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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