The Clare School

State-Funded School

the-clare-school-norfolk-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

NorfolkLocal Authority

Norwich SouthConstituency

NR4 7AUPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Clare School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Norfolk, East of England.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 131 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

77%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

15%

Pupils

131

Total Pupils

60%Boys

40%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

40%

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: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 131
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
7 Dec 2011	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.