St Clement's High School is a

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with academy status, located in the village of

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, in the

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History

Having been judged one of the most improved comprehensives in England in 2000 the school was judged to be inadequate after an

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inspection in March 2013 and was placed in

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. The school converted to academy status on 1 February 2014. St Clement's High School became part of the

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alongside three other high schools and a number of primary schools. In January 2017, an Ofsted inspection judged the school to be good, citing the work of a "diligent headteacher" and stating that "The historic low performance, and poor pupil behaviour, of the predecessor school are in the past".

Academics

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the

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, and are inspected by Ofsted on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'. The school has to decide whether to try to compress the three year

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into two. St Clements has decided that it is more important to give its students a broad basic education before starting the

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exam orientated

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. St Clement features overseas residential trips to Berlin, New York and the World War I battlefields. There are biennial ski- trips to Austria. Parents are given two years warning so they can save up- and to maximise the number of students who can participate.

Key Stage 3

Students are taught in five ability groups. Each student is placed in a separate ability set for English and Maths and in a third ability set for all other subjects as shown below. Ability sets are reviewed regularly to ensure each student is appropriately placed. During year 9 students provision of CIAG will increase and students will be given more focused careers guidance and subject advice in preparation for choosing their options for KS4. From September 2020 students make their decisions in the Summer term of Year 9 and start their GCSE courses at the start of Year 10.

Key Stage 4

All students follow courses in English, maths, science and PE. In addition, all students must study history, geography or French, and they then choose up to three additional subjects from those available as shown in the table below: The statutory content in Religious Studies is covered in PSHE.

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