Claverham Community College
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · East Sussex
North Trade Road, Battle, TN33 0HT
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
No graded inspection
Application demand
65%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.8%
18.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,147
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
1,140 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
65%
1st preference success rate
224 of 343 families who put it first got an offer
228
Places offered
733
Total applications
3.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 343 | 224 | ● 65% |
| 2nd preference | 243 | 3 | ● 1% |
| 3rd preference | 147 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 733 | 228 | 31% |
1st preference success by year
East Sussex lets families list 3 preferences. 5 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- C Connor
- Address
- North Trade Road, Battle, TN33 0HT
- Phone
- 01424772155
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Ward / constituency
- North Battle, Netherfield & Whatlington · Bexhill and Battle
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 114584
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 7% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,147 pupils · 1,140 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
24 April 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,184 pupils
Attendance
92.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.2%
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
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.07 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 50% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.45 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 56.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 73.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 57.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.69 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 218 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 218 | 26% | 66% | 80% | |
| English Language | 218 | 18% | 61% | 74% | |
| English Literature | 216 | 16% | 56% | 75% | |
| Combined Science | 158 | 4% | 39% | 66% | |
| Geography | 136 | 24% | 59% | 73% | |
| History | 122 | 29% | 58% | 66% | |
| Art and Design | 86 | 22% | 71% | 86% | |
| Spanish | 85 | 36% | 78% | 88% | |
| Biology | 58 | 50% | 98% | 100% | |
| Physics | 58 | 45% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 58 | 38% | 97% | 100% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 54 | 41% | 80% | 89% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through East Sussex council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.