Claydon High School is a smaller then average sized secondary school. Most students come from White British backgrounds and speak English as their first language. The number of students requiring extra help at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is above the national average, although the number at school action is below average. The proportion of students known to be eligible for the pupil premium, which provides additional funding for children in the care of the local authority and for students known to be eligible for free school meals, is below the national average. A small proportion of Year 7 students are eligible for ‘catch up’ funding. A small number of students in Years 10 and 11 attend part-time alternative provision (education provided by other schools or colleges) at Otley College, as well as at Suffolk New College, through the ‘Avenues’ project, and also through the Ipswich Town Football Club Academy. The school has not used early GCSE entry for any students this year. In 2013 the school met the government’s floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for attainment and progress. The school has received support from a National Leader of Education from The Parkside Federation in Cambridge.