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Cambian Great Dunmow School

Special · ages 11-19MixedIndependent15 pupilsEssex
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
Places10 spare15 pupils, 25 places
Pupils on roll15Census January 2024

Cambian Great Dunmow School is an independent special school in Essex for boys and girls aged 11 to 19. It has 15 pupils and room for 25.

Unit 13, Flitch Industrial Estate, Chelmsford Road, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1XJ01371 705623cambiangroup.com/specialist-education/our-schools/semh-schools/cambian-great-dunmow-schoolMs Carrie-Ann Gibbs headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

GCSE results, summer 2025

4 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 Essex council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll15Census January 2024
Places2560% full
Pupils from low-income familiesGet free school meals
Pupils getting extra support0%0 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan100%15 pupils with a plan
Boys and girls9 / 6
How the mix of pupils has changed
Census2026202520242023
Pupils on roll1510158
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support0%0%0%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans100%93%100%

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m14712 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate63 per 1,000 people31% lower than the England average
Typical house price£465,000Uttlesford
Nearest bus stop200 mStation Road, 7 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Dunmow St Mary's Primary SchoolFoundation840 m459Good 202336Compare
Great Dunmow Primary SchoolFoundation0.8 miles421No overall grade 202491Compare
Helena Romanes SchoolAcademy1.1 miles1,265Good 202332Compare
The Flitch Green AcademyAcademy2.2 miles272No overall grade 202422Compare
Stebbing Primary SchoolCouncil2.7 miles200Good 202228Compare
Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolChurch of England3.0 miles147Good 202432Compare
Felsted SchoolIndependent3.1 miles932Not inspectedCompare
Takeley Primary SchoolAcademy3.6 miles350Good 202273Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Cambian Great Dunmow School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Cambian Great Dunmow School yet.

How many pupils does Cambian Great Dunmow School have?

15 pupils aged 11 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 25 places, so it is 60% full.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Unit 13, Flitch Industrial Estate, Chelmsford Road, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1XJ
Telephone
01371 705623
Website
www.cambiangroup.com/specialist-education/our-schools/semh-schools/cambian-great-dunmow-school
Headteacher
Ms Carrie-Ann Gibbs
Type of school
Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
Phase
Special school, ages 11-19
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Essex
Ward
Great Dunmow South & Barnston
Constituency
North West Essex
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
11 October 2022 (new provision)
URN
149357 · LAESTAB 8816091 · UKPRN 10091713

Recent changes

  • New KS4 results for 2024/25

Where these figures come from