Cedar Hall School

State-Funded School

cedar-hall-school-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

Castle PointConstituency

SS7 3UQPostcode

0.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Cedar Hall School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–16, located in Essex, East of England.

It currently serves 189 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 0.7
EBacc average point score: 0.06

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

189

Total Pupils

63%Boys

37%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 16
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 189
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
3 Mar 2025	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
22 Oct 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.