Special school in London, Camden
Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH
Great Ormond Street, Camden, London, WC1N 3JH
Ofsted
Remained Outstanding at its last ungraded inspection, on 29 November 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Exam results
Special schools serve pupils whose needs the standard measures were not designed to describe, so results are not shown or ranked here.
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Camden 027A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 45%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 19%
- Households owning their home
- 15%
- Households in social housing
- 61%
- Households with no car
- 72%
- Adults economically inactive
- 43%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- Ages 4–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Neela Moorghen
- Local authority
- Camden
- Ward
- Holborn & Covent Garden
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- URN
- 100060
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest special schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odyssey House School - BloomsburyOther independent special school | No grade | — | 0.3 mi |
| Frank Barnes School for Deaf ChildrenCommunity special school | Outstanding 2023 | — | 1.1 mi |
| Richard Cloudesley SchoolCommunity special school | Outstanding 2023 | — | 1.3 mi |
| Evelina Hospital SchoolCommunity special school | Outstanding 2022 | — | 1.7 mi |
| Harmood SchoolCommunity special school | Good 2022 | — | 1.9 mi |
| Beormund Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Outstanding 2024 | — | 2 mi |
| Abingdon House SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 2 mi |
| Brick Lane SchoolOther independent special school | No grade | — | 2.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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