The Centre School
Special schoolThe Centre School is a special school in South Cambridgeshire, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 137 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Centre School was 1.0, against 51.6 in South Cambridgeshire and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | South Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 1.0 | 51.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 55.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 71.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 24 | – | – |
- The Centre School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Cottenham Village CollegeSecondary. Good (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 52.9 (2025/26, provisional)10 m
- Cottenham Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in South Cambridgeshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).