Academy special converter
Ely · CB6 1BD · Cambridgeshire
Ages 2–19
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
ClosedURN 110940
Highfield Special School
Community special school · Ely · CB6 1BD
Age range
Ages 2–19
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Age range
Ages 2–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 2–19, in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Notable characteristics: nursery, sixth form, special school. SEN provision includes: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty.
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Closed
- URN
- 110940
Location
- Address
- Downham Road
- Postcode
- CB6 1BD
- Town
- Ely
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- District
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South East Cambridgeshire
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published.
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Bainbridge