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Granta School

Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4NN

Special / SEND
Ages 2–19
Mixed
Sixth form
Nursery classes

Overview

Granta School is a special / send school (community special school) in Cambridge, East of England, for pupils aged 2–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type
Community special school
Establishment group
Special schools
Age range
Ages 2–19
Gender of entry
Mixed
Boarding
No boarders
Sixth form
Yes
School capacity
180
Pupils on roll
185
URN
134937

Admissions

Local authority
Cambridgeshire

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Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

Primary

2024/25 results

This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.

Primary results 2024/25
MeasureSchool
Grammar, punctuation & spelling — meeting the expected standard0%
Grammar, punctuation & spelling — achieving a high score0%
Maths — meeting the expected standard0%
Maths — achieving a high score0%
Reading — meeting the expected standard0%
Reading — achieving a high score0%
Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard0%
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard0%
Science — meeting the expected standard0%
Writing — meeting the expected standard0%
Writing — working at greater depth0%

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 24 April 2024 · Published 9 June 2024

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

Overall effectiveness

Requires improvement

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding was effective
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Requires improvement

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Other recent inspection activity

These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.

  • Ungraded inspection

    Inspected 16 November 2022 · Published 20 December 2022

    Outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

SEND and additional needs

Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.

  • MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
  • SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
  • PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty

Location

Address
Cambridge Road, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4NN
Local authority
Cambridgeshire

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