Cambian Great Dunmow School
Other independent special school · Ages 11–19 · Essex
Cambian Great Dunmow School is an independent special school in Essex for ages 11–19.
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Key facts
- Address
- Unit 13, Flitch Industrial Estate, Chelmsford Road, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1XJ
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11–19
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 15 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- z of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve well at school.”
- “Pupils value how staff take the time to get to know them as an individual.”
- “Staff provide the support pupils need to turn their attitudes to learning around.”
To improve
- “However, the school has not established a clearly understood and agreed approach to teach pupils to write at increasing depth or accuracy.”
- “As a result, pupils’ writing skills do not develop as quickly as they could.”
- “Some of this work is at an early stage of implementation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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