Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 24 June 2025
Compared with the local authority and England
Results for 2024/25 were not published for this school. The Department for Education withholds figures when too few pupils sat the exams, to protect their privacy.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
91%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
88 responses up to 1 September 2025 · 12% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
92% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
93% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
94% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
64% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
90% agreeOfsted last inspected The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy on 24 June 2025 and did not give an overall grade, as single-word grades ended in September 2024.
Apply through the council where you live by 31 October in your child's Year 6, for a place starting the following September. You apply to your home council even if The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy is in another council's area, and can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference. Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day. As a Church of England school it may also ask for a supplementary form, and its admissions policy says whether it does.
No. Distance only counts when The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. As a Church of England school, it can give priority to children on grounds of faith. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
The Brian Clarke Church of England Academy had 719 pupils aged 11 to 16 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 1,200. It is a mixed school with no sixth form, so students move on at 16.