Coombe House School
Other independent special school · Mixed · Wiltshire
Coombe House School, Shaftesbury, SP7 9LP
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Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
145
Capacity used
Has space73%
200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Age range
- 5–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Darren Harte
- Address
- Coombe House School, Donhead St Mary, Shaftesbury, SP7 9LP
- Phone
- 01747449820
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Ward / constituency
- Tisbury · Salisbury
- Area
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 149019
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
145 pupils · 200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 2.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 4.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 4.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.22 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 24 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 6 | 0% | 33% | 33% | |
| English Language | 6 | 0% | 17% | 17% | |
| History | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Combined Science | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #315 of 1,846 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10520: St Mary's School, Dorset
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
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.