OA - Cambridge
Special / other · Cambridge · CB4 2BD
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 5 July 2022
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5 pupils · 10% of 48 capacity
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Age range
- 5–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 80% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 22.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 22.2% of pupils
- URN
- 142378
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 19 September 2019: S8 No Formal Designation Visit
- 19 September 2018: Requires improvement
- 3 February 2016: Section 8 Inspection due to Parental Complaint
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.