Cambian Dunbroch School, Newmarket
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 6 months agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school excels at welcoming pupils who have had difficult educational experiences and helping them build confidence through personalised learning and engaging activities. Teachers skillfully link academic subjects to pupils' interests - for example connecting poetry to a favourite band - making learning relevant and motivating. Most pupils aged 16+ achieve accredited qualifications, with the school providing strong support even over short timescales.
Key Strengths
- Excellent at building pupils' confidence and self-esteem through personalised support and varied activities - staff help pupils feel valued and succeed in school
- Effective careers education with independent advice and strong links to further education colleges
- Well-coordinated support from therapy and clinical teams to quickly identify and address additional needs
- Enhanced academic curriculum with vocational subjects like health and beauty
- Good behaviour supported by consistently high staff expectations
Areas for Improvement
- Assessment tracking varies across subjects, making it hard for leaders to monitor pupil progress over time - particularly with individualised curriculums
- Individualised programmes don't always have clear links to identified gaps in learning, so pupils may not develop knowledge in the right order
- School attendance remains below target - some pupils miss out on academic learning and confidence-building activities due to irregular attendance
- Assessment information not used effectively across all subjects to show how well pupils are achieving
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and put pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Varied trips and activities, visits to beach and local sites, flower dissection, archaeology on school site, health and beauty vocational programme, enrichment programme for GCSE completers
Cambian Dunbroch School is a special school for pupils aged 13-18 with social, emotional and mental health needs. The school has improved from its previous inspection and is now rated Good across all areas.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
32%
Available places
7 pupils
22 capacity
15 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Newmarket
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Newmarket
Admissions Demand - Suffolk
Places available
8,496
Applications
7,401
Got 1st preference
92.0%
Got preferred school
97.4%
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