Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre

State-Funded School

swiss-cottage-school-development-research-centre-camden-london

LondonRegion

CamdenLocal Authority

Hampstead and HighgateConstituency

NW8 6HXPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Camden, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 264 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

22%

Asian

20%

Black

30%

Mixed

11%

Chinese

Any other group

13%

Unclassified

Pupils

264

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

63%

England average

27%

First language not English

47%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 264
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 22 March 2023. 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
27 Feb 2014	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.