St Clare’s is a secondary special school with provides placements for pupils with a range of special educational needs, including moderate learning difficulties. Many pupils have other, associated needs, which can include behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, communication and language difficulties, sensory impairments and physical disabilities. All pupils have a statement of special educational needs. There are twice as many boys as girls in the school and the proportion of pupils who come from minority ethnic backgrounds is slightly above the national average. The proportion of pupils for whom the school receives pupil premium funding (extra government funding for specific groups of pupils) is twice the national average.