Granta School
Community special school · Ages 2–19 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Granta School is a special school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 2–19. Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 24 April 2024.
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Key facts
- Address
- Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, CB21 4NN
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2–19
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 185 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 46.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 8.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy spending time together and include everyone in their play or social time.”
- “Pupils enthusiastically talk or sign about who their friends are and what they like doing together.”
- “Parents agree with this, many describe how their child has thrived here.”
To improve
- “Many staff changes and absences have meant that improvements in the quality of education have not happened quickly enough.”
- “As a result, pupils have not been taught as well as they should have been.”
- “Some pupils are not engaged in learning too much of the time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 0% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
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