More than half the pupils that attend are eligible for free school meals and under a third have special educational needs.

In May 1916 it moved to Laura Place and changed its name to Clapton County Secondary School for Girls.

In September 1939, owing to the outbreak of the Second World War, the school was evacuated to Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire.

[1] The former Clapton Park School, located off Glyn Road near Homerton University Hospital, has since been turned into flats.

In June 2008 Clapton Girls Technology College achieved an "outstanding" Ofsted report.

From September 2010 it has operated in collaboration with the sixth form at Our Lady's Convent Roman Catholic High School, giving the opportunity for an increased course offer.