Highfield Ely Academy

State-Funded School

highfield-ely-academy-cambridgeshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

CambridgeshireLocal Authority

Ely and East CambridgeshireConstituency

CB6 1BDPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Highfield Ely Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Cambridgeshire, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 134 pupils. Highfield Ely Academy is part of The Active Learning Trust Limited.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

134

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

49%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 134
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: The Active Learning Trust Limited

Inspection history

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

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 15 May 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
7 Nov 2014	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.