Cambian Dunbroch School
Cambian Dunbroch School is an independent special school in Newmarket for boys and girls aged 11 to 18. It has 7 pupils and room for 22.
Fordham Road, Newmarket, CB8 7LF01638 598660cambiangroup.com/residential-services/our-care-homes/mental-health-services/merida/dunbroch-schoolMrs Karen Carrington headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
2 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Suffolk council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 33% | 50% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 67% | 50% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exning Primary School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 223 | Outstanding 2020 | 91 | Compare |
| Laureate Community Academy | Academy | 1.1 miles | 239 | No overall grade 2025 | 81 | Compare |
| Paddocks Primary School | Council | 1.5 miles | 179 | Good 2024 | 70 | Compare |
| Newmarket Academy | Academy | 1.6 miles | 797 | Good 2023 | 40 | Compare |
| St Louis Catholic Academy | Academy | 1.8 miles | 300 | No overall grade 2025 | 65 | Compare |
| Fairstead House | Independent | 1.9 miles | 224 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| In Toto Ed Cambridge | Independent | 1.9 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Houldsworth Valley Primary Academy | Academy | 2.0 miles | 332 | Good 2019 | 77 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Cambian Dunbroch School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Cambian Dunbroch School yet.
How many pupils does Cambian Dunbroch School have?
7 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 22 places, so it is 32% full.
Does Cambian Dunbroch School have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Fordham Road, Newmarket, CB8 7LF
- Telephone
- 01638 598660
- Website
- www.cambiangroup.com/residential-services/our-care-homes/mental-health-services/merida/dunbroch-school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Karen Carrington
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-18, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Ward
- Exning
- Constituency
- West Suffolk
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 5 December 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 149442 · LAESTAB 9356031 · UKPRN 10092187
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.