Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Clacton on Sea · CO15 3JL · Essex
Ages 11–19
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 138084
Clacton County High School
Academy converter · Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 6DZ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,886
Local authority
Essex
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, 1,886 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 36.8%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138084
Location
- Address
- Walton Road
- Postcode
- CO15 6DZ
- Town
- Clacton-on-Sea
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Clacton
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,886
- Boys / girls
- 939 / 947
- School capacity
- 2,320
- Capacity fill
- 1,886 / 2,320 (81%)
- Free school meals
- 36.8%
- FSM pupils
- 589
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE SIGMA TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE SIGMA TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Sigma Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Neil Gallagher
- Telephone
- 01255424266
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2024-12-01
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 38.5
- Progress 8
- -0.3
- English & maths grade 5+
- 31%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 48%
- EBacc entry
- 32%
- EBacc APS
- 3.1
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
9.2%
Persistent absence
24.3%
Unauthorised
5.4%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,599
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 9.2% · Persistent 25.0%
- 2021/22
- Overall 8.9% · Persistent 28.2%