Admissions
The Cavendish School (TCS) first opened its doors in 2021. Since then, it has grown year-on-year, exceeding its original planned numbers. The original building capacity for the school was 80 pupils. However, due to extremely high demand for places, TCS has worked with local authorities and the Eastern Learning Alliance to complete works to allow the school to maximise its pupil admission numbers without compromising the efficient standard of education for its current pupils. Pupils who attend TCS all have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in place with their confirmed Autism diagnosis being their main barrier to thriving in mainstream education.
The Department of Education has completed a Net Capacity Assessment (NCA) for TCS, and the report has been issued. This report details the range of the number of pupils that TCS can safely and appropriately accommodate on-site:
- Minimum workplaces available: 77
- Maximum workplaces available: 103
The NCA report also details ways in which the school can extend this capacity with building works or reconfiguration to increase the number of students it can accommodate. The maximum capacity with building works completed is 124.
Our September 2024 pupil on roll data is 116 with a cohort make up of:
KS2 - 40 pupils
KS3 - 41 pupils
KS4 - 35 pupils
Allocated Post-16 (2025): 8 places
Total admission number 124.
Our pupils all have Autism as their main need and attend the Cavendish from a range of local authorities.
Click here to view the latest Cambridgeshire Special School Admissions Guidance document.
Information can also be found on Get information about schools (GIAS).