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St Clare's School

Mixed · ages 11–16Derby, East Midlands · Derby DE3 9AZTrust: Esteem Multi-Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
181
Free school meals
59.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
34
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding, 5 May 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Clare's School (URN 113046, until 1 June 2019).

What the data says

Of the 29 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Clare's School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 55% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 4.1 against 46.1 across England and 42.2 in Derby, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Derby and England.

St Clare's School
Derby
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSt Clare's SchoolDerbyEngland
Pupils in the cohort293,329607,348
Any sustained destination90%87%92%
Stayed in education90%80%86%
— school sixth form14%28%34%
— sixth form college0%3%13%
— further education college55%47%37%
— other education21%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination10%8%6%
Destination unknown0%5%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureSt Clare's SchoolDerbyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)4.142.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%39%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths3%59%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%35%41%
EBacc average point score0.123.724.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort59%36%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils4.632.134.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils3.447.950.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language12%23%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Biology2059%23%0%45%10%
English Language1441%89%0%20%7%
Mathematics1132%88%0%22%18%
Art and Design1029%7%0%24%0%

Other secondary schools in Derby

Alvaston Moor Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 851 pupils

68% stayed in education · Attainment 8 32.4

Chellaston Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,790 pupils

87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.2

Da Vinci Academy

Academy sponsor led · 668 pupils

70% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.7

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.