Churchill Special Free School

State-Funded School

churchill-special-free-school-suffolk-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

SuffolkLocal Authority

West SuffolkConstituency

CB9 0LBPostcode

7.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Churchill Special Free School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 8–18, located in Suffolk, East of England.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 82 pupils. Churchill Special Free School is part of UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 34.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 15.4%
EBacc average point score: 1.6

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

79%Boys

21%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

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: 8 – 18
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 82
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: UNITY SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Sept 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.