Claydon High School

Church Lane, Claydon, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, IP6 0EG

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About this school

Claydon High School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Mid Suffolk, Suffolk. The school has 771 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 16 September 2021). Last inspected 2 December 2025. The Headteacher is Mark Ismay. The school is administered by Suffolk local authority. It belongs to PENROSE LEARNING TRUST. It opened in 1 June 2017.

School details

Headteacher

Mark Ismay

Trust

PENROSE LEARNING TRUST

Local authority

Suffolk

Gender

Mixed

URN

144214

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Claydon High School are handled by the school or the local authority (Suffolk). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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