Octavia House Schools, Essex
Octavia House Schools, Essex is an independent special school in for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 61 pupils and room for 115.
High Street, Great Baddow, CM2 7HH020 3651 4396ohs.ukMrs Ashley Witherington headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 61 | 39 | 20 | 14 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baddow Hall Infant School | Council | 580 m | 166 | No overall grade 2025 | 57 | Compare |
| Baddow Hall Junior School | Council | 580 m | 234 | Good 2019 | 69 | Compare |
| Woodcroft Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 680 m | 96 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Larkrise Primary School | Academy | 690 m | 174 | Good 2024 | 17 | Compare |
| Meadgate Primary School | Academy | 930 m | 210 | No overall grade 2024 | 88 | Compare |
| Great Baddow High School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,516 | Report card 2026 | 66 | Compare |
| The Sandon School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,218 | Requires improvement 2024 | 24 | Compare |
| Beehive Lane Community Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 210 | Outstanding 2022 | 98 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Octavia House Schools, Essex a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Octavia House Schools, Essex yet.
How many pupils does Octavia House Schools, Essex have?
61 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 115 places, so it is 53% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- High Street, Great Baddow, CM2 7HH
- Telephone
- 020 3651 4396
- Website
- www.ohs.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ashley Witherington
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Great Baddow East
- Constituency
- Chelmsford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 26 May 2022 (new provision)
- URN
- 148934 · LAESTAB 8816080
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.
- 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.