Clare Mount Specialist Sports College
Community special school · Mixed · Wirral
Birket Avenue, Leasowe, CH46 1RA
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
88.8%
32.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
461
Capacity used
Over capacity115%
400 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Dan Keefe
- Address
- Birket Avenue, Leasowe, CH46 1RA
- Phone
- 01516069440
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Ward / constituency
- Leasowe and Moreton East · Wallasey
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 105129
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 59% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
461 pupils · 400 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
19 May 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Exceptional Achievement Exceptional Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Strong standard Attendance and behaviour Strong standard Leadership and governance Exceptional Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Exceptional Post-16 provision Strong standard - 21
11 November 2021
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 369 pupils
Attendance
88.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
11.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
32.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
3.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 19.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 18.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.66 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 43 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 34 | 0% | 12% | 29% | |
| Mathematics | 32 | 3% | 25% | 34% | |
| English Literature | 27 | 0% | 19% | 30% | |
| Combined Science | 26 | 0% | 4% | 8% | |
| Art and Design | 24 | 0% | 0% | 25% | |
| History | 15 | 0% | 13% | 13% | |
| Geography | 15 | 0% | 7% | 13% | |
| Physical Education | 10 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Drama | 8 | 0% | 13% | 13% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 7 | 0% | 14% | 14% | |
| Computer Science | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.