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Chelsea Community Hospital School

Special · ages 2-19MixedCouncil88 pupilsLondonKensington and Chelsea
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredWe don't score this type of school.
OfstedOutstandingConfirmed by Ofsted, November 2023
Pupils per teacher5.4School workforce census
Pupils on roll88Census January 2026

Chelsea Community Hospital School is a council special school in London for boys and girls aged 2 to 19. It has 88 pupils. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2023.

83a St. Charles Square, London, W10 6EB020 8962 2851cchs.org.ukMrs Marie Sherlock headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

A shorter visit on 2 November 2023 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Outstanding overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.

Results

A level and sixth-form results, 2018

16 students finished sixth-form courses.

All sixth-form measures, year by year
Measure2018
Students16

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 Kensington and Chelsea council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll88Census January 2026
Pupils from low-income families44%Get free school meals
Pupils getting extra support27%24 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan31%27 pupils with a plan
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)44%£42,900 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls39 / 49
How the mix of pupils has changed
Census20262021201920172016
Pupils on roll881071168595
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals44%23%22%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language0%0%0%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support48%0%0%0%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans11%12%12%56%

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2013 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers17.0full-time equivalent, 20 people
Pupils per teacher5.4Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants9.4full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£45,195
Teachers who left in the year100%2013/14, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher2.92012/13

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£29,349England £32,258. Total £3.2m
Income per pupil£27,735England £32,367. Total £3.0m
Spent on teachers per pupil£18,882England £11,930
Money in reserve10%A healthy amount put by: £284k, £2,625 per pupil. England 7%
Money in against money out-£174kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£29,349spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m1,79412 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate168 per 1,000 people84% higher than the England average
Typical house price£1,200,000Kensington and Chelsea
Nearest bus stop130 mSt Charles Square/Ladbroke Grv, 22 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
St Charles Catholic Sixth Form CollegeFurther education100 mNot inspectedCompare
St Charles Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic100 m220Good 202390Compare
All Saints Catholic CollegeCatholic200 m898Outstanding 202281Compare
Ormiston Kensington Queensmill AcademyFree school220 m107Good 2023Compare
Barlby Primary SchoolCouncil230 m338Report card 202623Compare
La Petite Ecole FrancaiseIndependent320 m103Not inspectedCompare
Instituto Espanol Canada BlanchIndependent (grammar)400 m394Not inspectedCompare
Bevington Primary SchoolCouncil410 m221Requires improvement 202443Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Chelsea Community Hospital School a good school?

Chelsea Community Hospital School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it outstanding at its last inspection in November 2023.

What is Chelsea Community Hospital School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Chelsea Community Hospital School outstanding at its last full inspection on 2 November 2023.

How many pupils does Chelsea Community Hospital School have?

88 pupils aged 2 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026.

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

Contact and details

Address
83a St. Charles Square, London, W10 6EB
Telephone
020 8962 2851
Website
www.cchs.org.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Marie Sherlock
Type of school
Council special school (Community special school, special schools)
Phase
Special school, ages 2-19
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Ward
St. Helen's
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
100549 · LAESTAB 2077165 · UKPRN 10015504

Where these figures come from