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Joseph Clarke School[1]

Special · ages 2–18

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
4 2024/25[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2024/25[2]
Progress 8
-1.77 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[6]
Earlier years
YearAttainment 8Grade 5+ in English & mathsProgress 8
2023/24 0.5[3] 0%[3] -1.77[3]
2022/23 3.6[7] 0%[7] -1.62[7]
2021/22 3.8[8] 0%[8] -2.56[8]
2017/18 8[9] 17%[9] -1.47[9]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[10]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[10]
Reading, average scaled score
96 2022/23[11]
Maths, average scaled score
90 2022/23[11]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[12]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[12]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[12]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2022/23 0%[11] 0%[11] 96[11] 90[11]
2018/19 0%[13] 0%[13] 83[13] 86[13]
2017/18 14%[14] 0%[14] 97[14] 93[14]
2016/17 0%[15] 0%[15] 94[15] 92[15]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[16]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[16]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[16]
Further education college
0% 2022/23[16]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[16]
Employment
0% 2022/23[16]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17] 11%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2020/21 100%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18] 10%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]
2019/20 100%[19] 0%[19] 0%[19] 14%[19] 0%[19] 0%[19]
2018/19 100%[20] 0%[20] 0%[20] 44%[20] 0%[20] 0%[20]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
9 Nov 2022[21]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[21]
Report published
22 Dec 2022[21]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[21]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[21]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 Feb 2017[22] Academy First Section 5[22] Good[22]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy special sponsor led[1]
Ages
2–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
110[1]
Trust
LEARNING IN HARMONY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
www.josephclarkeschool.org.uk[1]
District
Waltham Forest[23]
Postcode
E4 9PP[1]
URN
140197[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
109 2024/25[24]
English as an additional language
39.4% 2024/25[24]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[24]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[24]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
42.2% 2024/25[24]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
45.9%[25]
Mixed
13.5%[25]
Asian
25.2%[25]
Black
12.6%[25]
Any other ethnic group
1.8%[25]
Unclassified
0.9%[25]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
  6. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  21. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  23. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  24. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  25. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.