Special school in London, Camden
Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children
4 Wollstonecraft Street, Kings Cross, London, N1C 4BT
Ofsted
Remained Outstanding at its last ungraded inspection, on 11 May 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
- Current published outcome
- Outstanding
- Last overall grade in this dataset
- Outstanding
- Days since inspection
- 1,240 days
- Framework era
- Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)
These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.
Exam results
Special schools serve pupils whose needs the standard measures were not designed to describe, so results are not shown or ranked here.
- Evidence found
- No phase-compatible comparable headline measure is published here.
- Source coverage
- DfE 2024/25 school performance files, checked by exact URN and establishment type.
- What this means
- The standard mainstream measure would not support a fair comparison for this establishment.
- What this does not mean
- The school achieved zero, has no outcomes, or should be read as performing below a mainstream school.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 40
- Places
- 35
- How full
- Full — 40 pupils against 35 places
- Girls / boys
- 22 / 18
- Overall absence
- 9%
- Persistently absent
- 39%
England 5.8%
England 14.7% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 48%
- English as an additional language
- 100%
- With an EHC plan
- 100%
- On SEN support
- 0%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
School funding 2025-26 financial year
Not covered by this mainstream-school release.
- Evidence found
- Not covered by this mainstream-school release; this is not represented as £0.
- Source coverage
- DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
- What this means
- The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
- What this does not mean
- The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.
Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.
Roads and getting there
Road casualties within 500m
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 3
- All reported collisions
- 69
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 10
- Busiest road nearby
- A5200
England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years
England average 24.2 over five years
12,080 vehicles a day (2025)
Public transport
- Bus stops within 500m
- 9
- Nearest station
- London St Pancras International Rail Station
England average 11.9
0.6 km away — railway station
Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.
Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.
The area around the school
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £1,100,000
- Typical range
- £782,500 to £1,626,256
- Flat
- £1,100,000
postcode sector N1C 4 · 74 sales
middle half of sales
Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of England.
Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.
Who lives there
- Adults with a degree
- 60%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 8%
- In professional or managerial work
- 11%
- Households deprived in 2+ ways
- 31%
- Residents in very good health
- 50%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 13.4%
England 17.8%
England 48.4%
Housing
- Owned by the occupier
- 23%
- Social housing
- 39%
- Privately rented
- 33%
- Detached homes
- 1%
- Four or more bedrooms
- 8%
- No car
- 79%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 19.2%
England 38.2%
England 22.5%
England 21.9%
Census 2021, for Camden 022F and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.
School details
- Type
- Community special school
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- Ages 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Dani Sive
- Register status
- Open
- Local authority
- Camden
- Ward
- King's Cross
- Constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- URN
- 100091
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.
Nearest special schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Distance | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmood SchoolCommunity special school | Good 2022 | — | — | 1 mi | |
| Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCHFoundation special school | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | 1.1 mi | |
| Odyssey House School - BloomsburyOther independent special school | No overall grade | — | — | 1.2 mi | |
| Richard Cloudesley SchoolCommunity special school | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | 1.2 mi | |
| Samuel Rhodes MLD SchoolCommunity special school | Report card 2026 | — | — | 1.5 mi | |
| Woodside SchoolOther independent special school | No overall grade | — | — | 1.9 mi | |
| Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research CentreCommunity special school | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | 1.9 mi | |
| Royal Free Hospital Children's SchoolCommunity special school | No overall grade | — | — | 2 mi |
Evidence ledger
Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.
| Evidence | Publisher | Reference date | How it reaches this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| School identity | Get Information About Schools | 23 August 2026 | Exact URN 100091; unified importer snapshot |
| Inspection evidence | Ofsted management information | 31 July 2026 | Exact URN; inspection 11 May 2023 |
| Pupil intake | DfE school census | 2024/25 | Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing |
| Funding allocation | DfE school funding statistics | 2025-26 financial year | No row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero |
| Roads and transport | DfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTAN | Five-year road window; access-node snapshot | Coordinate join within the stated radius |
| Neighbourhood | ONS Census | 2021 | LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes |
| Home prices | HM Land Registry Price Paid Data | Sales since January 2024 | School postcode sector, not a catchment |
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