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Cambridge School[1]

Special · ages 11–16

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
0.6 2024/25[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2024/25[2]
Progress 8
-1.75 2017/18[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
2017/18 0.3[3] 0%[3] -1.75[3]
2016/17 1.5[7] 0%[7] -1.49[7]
2015/16 0.8[8] -1.94[8]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
63% 2022/23[9]
School sixth form
13% 2022/23[9]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[9]
Further education college
43% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[9]
Employment
0% 2022/23[9]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 81%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10] 65%[10] 0%[10] 4%[10]
2020/21 65%[11] 5%[11] 0%[11] 60%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11]
2019/20 73%[12] 0%[12] 9%[12] 55%[12] 0%[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 81%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13] 69%[13] 0%[13] 6%[13]

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
22 Oct 2024[14]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]
Report published
26 Nov 2024[14]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[14]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[14]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
1 May 2019[15] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Community special school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
129[1]
Local authority
Hammersmith and Fulham[1]
Website
www.cambridge.lbhf.sch.uk[1]
District
Hammersmith and Fulham[16]
Postcode
W12 0SP[1]
URN
100382[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
143 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
27.3% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
78.3% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
41.1%[18]
Mixed
15.6%[18]
Asian
14.2%[18]
Black
19.9%[18]
Any other ethnic group
8.5%[18]
Unclassified
0.7%[18]

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 2017/18, 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 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. 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.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. 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.