St Clare's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

st-clares-catholic-primary-school-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

ClactonConstituency

CO16 8AGPostcode

8.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Clare's Catholic Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Essex, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 362 pupils. St Clare's Catholic Primary School is part of THE ROSARY TRUST - A CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 82%
Higher standard: 7%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

77%

Asian

Black

11%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

362

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

35%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 362
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: THE ROSARY TRUST - A CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 17 July 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
2 Jul 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.