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Clevedon School

Secondary · Clevedon · BS21 6AH

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 30 April 2024

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At a glance

1,390 pupils · 99% of 1,400 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
14.7% of pupils
English as additional language
5.7% of pupils
SEN support
11.8% of pupils
EHC plan
3.4% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.clevedonschool.org.uk
URN
137884

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.20 first-choice applications per place

225 places offered · 271 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.632 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion 4 (Children living outside Clevedon Academy's Catchment Area with a sibling)
4.61 miles

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
51.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
74.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
48.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.3
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.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B
39.2
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school51.4
Median of its 12 closest peers49.8
North Somerset average47
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Churchdown SchoolGloucester · 41 miles awayStrong standard51.5
Brine Leas SchoolNantwich · 112 miles awayGood49.7
Egglescliffe SchoolStockton-on-Tees · 221 miles awayOutstanding51.4
Yateley SchoolYateley · 87 miles awayGood47.8
Sandbach SchoolSandbach · 119 miles awayGood48.2
Malmesbury SchoolMalmesbury · 33 miles awayOutstanding49.8
Beauchamps High SchoolWickford · 146 miles awayGood48.1
Woldgate School and Sixth Form CollegeYork · 193 miles awayNo current grade46.9
Hele's SchoolPlymouth · 90 miles awayGood50.7
Rainhill High SchoolPrescot · 136 miles awayGood45.9
Shelley College, A Share AcademyHuddersfield · 156 miles awayOutstanding51.3
Cams Hill SchoolFareham · 84 miles awayGood52.5

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9.2%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.8%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

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£7,133
Typical secondary school£7,798

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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
96%
Continuing in education
89%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
55%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
31%
Any sustained destination
95%

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.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.5%62.3%
Social housing1.2%17.1%
Privately rented14.3%20.5%
Detached houses39.3%22.9%
Flats3.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.5%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01014752 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,322 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£597,000158 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£442,500–£796,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (91)£740,000
Semi-detached (34)£481,000
Terraced (11)£327,500
Flat (22)£362,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
2an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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