Cambian Spring Hill
Palace Road, Ripon, HG4 3HN
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 8 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Head
- Mrs Samantha Price
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 50
- Pupils on roll
- 34
- URN
- 142911
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01765603320
About this school
Cambian Spring Hill is an independent special school in Ripon. It teaches children aged 8 to 19 and has 34 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Cambian Spring Hill under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Cambian Spring Hill has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in August 2016, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | 13.0 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | 14.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | 14.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | 0.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cambian Spring Hill has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | 35 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 34
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Darwin School4.5 miles
Independent schools · Thirsk
-
Queen Mary's School5.6 miles
Independent schools · Thirsk
-
Cundall Manor School7.3 miles
Independent schools
-
Breckenbrough School8.1 miles
Special schools · Thirsk
-
Mowbray Academy9.4 miles
Academies · Bedale
Other schools in Ripon
- Fountains Church of England Primary School Primary
- Grewelthorpe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Primary
- Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Masham CofE Primary School Primary
- Moorside Primary School & Nursery Primary
- North Stainley Church of England Primary School Primary
- Outwood Primary Academy Greystone Primary
- Ripon Cathedral Church of England Primary School Primary
- Sharow Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, West Tanfield Primary
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cambian Spring Hill teach?
- Cambian Spring Hill teaches children aged 8 to 19. It is a special school in Ripon.
- Who is the head of Cambian Spring Hill?
- The head of Cambian Spring Hill is Mrs Samantha Price, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cambian Spring Hill been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Cambian Spring Hill under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Cambian Spring Hill?
- Cambian Spring Hill has 34 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 8 to 19.
- Is Cambian Spring Hill full?
- Cambian Spring Hill has capacity for 50 pupils and 34 on roll (68%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cambian Spring Hill a faith school?
- No. Cambian Spring Hill has no designated religious character.
- Is Cambian Spring Hill a selective school?
- Yes. Cambian Spring Hill is recorded as Selective in the schools register, so entry involves selection.
- What are Cambian Spring Hill's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cambian Spring Hill's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.