The Clarendon Academy

The Clarendon Academy continues to demonstrate robust performance as a good school, prioritizing the well-being and academic growth of its pupils. The emphasis on core values such as respect, determination, and excellence fosters a supportive atmosphere where pupils, including sixth-form students, serve as positive role models. A broad and ambitious curriculum allows pupils to build knowledge effectively, and the school is recognized for its effective support for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Additionally, the school ensures pupils are well-prepared for life after education, providing ample career guidance and opportunities for extra-curricular engagement.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and cared for in a welcoming environment.
• Strong core values evident throughout the school community.
• Teachers exhibit good subject knowledge and precision in teaching.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, ensuring access to the curriculum.
• A broad and ambitious curriculum that is logically sequenced.
• High expectations for behavior are generally upheld by staff.
• Well-planned personal, social, and health education curriculum.
• Strong career guidance that prepares pupils for future opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupils' understanding during lessons.
• Low participation rates in extra-curricular activities.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Clarendon Academy attended 90.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 24.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 15.2% of pupils at The Clarendon Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Clarendon Academy had 14.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.2% of pupils at The Clarendon Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 8.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 15 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 The Clarendon Academy received £8,322 and spent £8,152 for each of its 1,109 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,151,000 (£1,038 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Acorn Education Trust, income was £8,177 and spending £8,032 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Trowbridge · Wiltshire local authority: places and applications

The Clarendon Academy is part of Acorn Education Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Willowbrook Primary School Trowbridge
• West Ashton Church of England Primary School Trowbridge
• Keevil CofE Primary School Trowbridge
• Dilton Marsh CofE Primary School Westbury
• Chapmanslade Church of England Primary School Westbury
• The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre Warminster
• New Close Primary School Warminster
• Kingdown School Warminster
• St John's CofE School Warminster
• Rowde CofE Academy Devizes

What is The Clarendon Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Clarendon Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was The Clarendon Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

The Clarendon Academy was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does The Clarendon Academy have?

The Clarendon Academy has 1,082 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Clarendon Academy cover?

The Clarendon Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are The Clarendon Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 39.0, and 30% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Clarendon Academy?

The Clarendon Academy is at Frome Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 0DJ.