The Clere School
Earlstone Common, Burghclere, Newbury, RG20 9HP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr James Rodgers
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 725
- Pupils on roll
- 382
- URN
- 116430
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01635278372
About this school
The Clere School is a community secondary school in Newbury. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 382 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Clere School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 76 | 72 | 88 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.6 | 39.1 | 41.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.73 -1.05 to -0.41 | -0.62 -0.96 to -0.29 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 37.5% | 42% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 63.9% | 55.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 16% | 25% | 30.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Clere School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.6 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.1 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.3 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 463 |
| 2023/24 | 492 |
| 2024/25 | 468 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Clere School compares
The Clere School ranked 49th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 43% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.3 | 10.9% | 25.9% | 382 | — |
| Park House School | 55.9 | 7% | 13.3% | 981 | 2.3 miles |
| St Bartholomew's School | 56.2 | 7.6% | 12.3% | 1,905 | 3.0 miles |
| Trinity School | 42.9 | 10.3% | 22.5% | 1,349 | 4.4 miles |
| Kennet School | 46.5 | 9.2% | 17.1% | 1,824 | 4.8 miles |
| The Hurst School | 45.3 | 7.4% | 15.6% | 1,021 | 6.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.85%
- English as an additional language
- 3.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.94%
- Persistent absence
- 35.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park House School2.3 miles
Secondary · Newbury
-
St Bartholomew's School3.0 miles
Secondary · Newbury
-
Trinity School4.4 miles
Secondary · Newbury
-
Kennet School4.8 miles
Secondary · Thatcham
-
The Hurst School6.4 miles
Secondary · Tadley
Other schools in Newbury
- Park House School Secondary
- St Bartholomew's School Secondary
- The Downs School Secondary
- Trinity School Secondary
- Victoria Park Nursery School Nursery
- Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School Primary
- Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School Primary
- Burghclere Primary School Primary
- Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School Primary
- Chieveley Primary School Primary
- Compton C.E. Primary School Primary
- Ecchinswell and Sydmonton Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Clere School teach?
- The Clere School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Newbury.
- Who is the headteacher of The Clere School?
- The headteacher of The Clere School is Mr James Rodgers, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Clere School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Clere School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at The Clere School?
- The Clere School has 382 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Clere School full?
- The Clere School has capacity for 725 pupils and 382 on roll (53%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Clere School a faith school?
- No. The Clere School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Clere School a selective school?
- No. The Clere School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have The Clere School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.6 in 2022/23 and 41.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Clere School compare with other schools in Hampshire?
- The Clere School ranked 49th of 67 secondary schools in Hampshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 43% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Clere School's absence rate?
- The Clere School's overall absence rate is 10.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Clere School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Clere School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.