Number of pupils: 380
Percentage of boarders: 50%
Percentage of international pupils: 8%
Av. class-sizes: senior school: 12 // 6th form: 8
Closest international airport: London Heathrow Airport, 120 minutes away by car
Fees per term in 2023/24: 12,974
The school offers GCSEs, A-Levels and some BTecs.
Clayesmore School is a non-selective school. Considering this, it achieves good academic results. In 2023, its GCSE results yielded 30% 9-7 grades and its A-Levels 27% A grades.
Latin, German, Spanish and French are on offer.
SEN provision is outstanding and a big selling point. Around 130 pupils receive help for dyslexia, dispraxia, mild ASD and ADHD/ADD and the school ensures that training and regular insets extend to all staff, including rugby coaches.
60% of pupils board.
Clayesmore School sports five cozy boarding houses, three for boys, two for girls with strong community sense. All boarding houses are within 5 minutes walking distance from school.
Pupils share with one other in senior years. Sometimes single rooms are available. On weekends, the school organises regular offside outings to go shopping, the cinema, beach outings etc.
Exeat weekends are compulsory.
As mentioned, Clayesmore School's SEN provision is outstanding. That said, the school is inclusive and supports academic highflyers as well as those in need of support.
Due to the small school size, Clayesmore School has a very friendly, caring community atmosphere with great integration of boarders with day pupils.
The creative pursuits around art, music and design are strong with good facilities and thriving pupil talent.
The compulsory exeat weekends mean that pupils have to leave the school for those weekends, which creates logistical challenges for some.