Kingsmere School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Secondary
Special school
PUPILS
10
AGES
11 - 16
GENDER
Boys
TYPE
Other independent special school

This school was closed.

How Does The School Perform?

Inadequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted report
(21/01/2020)
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Four Balls Farm
Hundred Foot Bank
Pymoor
Ely
CB6 2EL
01354610503

School Description

Kingsmere School opened in 2016. It provides education for up to 12 boys with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties who have been permanently excluded or are at risk of being permanently excluded from mainstream schools. Currently, 10 boys attend the school. About half of them live in a children’s home run by the proprietor. All pupils have missed periods of their schooling before joining the school. Five pupils have an education, health and care plan. The school proprietor is Priory Education Services. It is registered with the Department for Education to take a maximum of 12 boys. Inspection report: Kingsmere School 21–23 January 2020 5 Pupils join and leave the school at different times of the year. The school uses the following alternative provision: Sunset Care Farm, Thetford. The school consists of a headteacher, four teachers, five support assistants and an instructor. The school’s previous inspection history: – In the school’s standard inspection in February 2018, the overall effectiveness of the school was judged to require improvement. Several independent school standards were unmet. – In April 2018, following the inspection, the proprietorial body submitted an action plan to the Department for Education (DfE). This contained the actions that leaders identified they were going to take in order to meet the independent school standards. This plan was deemed acceptable. – In June 2019, Ofsted was commissioned by the DfE to conduct a progress monitoring inspection. There remained unmet standards. – In September 2019, following the inspection, the proprietorial body submitted a new action plan to the DfE. This plan was deemed not acceptable. – In November 2019, Ofsted was commissioned by the DfE to conduct an emergency inspection. Several independent school standards were unmet.

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