Granta School
Community special school · Mixed · Cambridgeshire
Cambridge Road, Cambridge, CB21 4NN
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 24/04/2024
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
92.0%
22.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
185
Capacity used
Over capacity103%
180 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sarah Crouch
- Address
- Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB21 4NN
- Phone
- 01223896890
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Ward / constituency
- Linton · South Cambridgeshire
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 134937
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 51% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 18% | — | — |
| SEN support | 1% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
185 pupils · 180 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
24 April 2024
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessSixth form Requires improvement Personal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement - 22
16 November 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 140 pupils
Attendance
92.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
8.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
22.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 0% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 11 | — |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.