Community school · Essex

Great Sampford Community Primary School

4–11Ages
79Pupils
PrimaryPhase
114970URN

Finchingfield Road, Great Sampford, Saffron Walden, CB10 2RL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.6per place

0.3 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

34 applications for 13 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

75%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 25 April 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.6applications per place, Reception

0.3 above Essex median (2.4) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

34 applications · 13 places offered · 13 named it first

2026 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.8; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.8; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.7; Essex median median 2.4
2021 3.5; Essex median median 2.3
2020 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
2019 2.8; Essex median median 2.5
2018 3.7; Essex median median 2.5
2017 2.8; Essex median median 2.6
2016 3.9; Essex median median 2.8
2015 2.5; Essex median median 2.7
2014 2.3; Essex median median 2.8

This school
Essex median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	13	34	2.6	13	1.00
Sep 2025	12	31	2.6	12	1.00
Sep 2024	15	42	2.8	19	1.27
Sep 2023	10	28	2.8	9	0.90
Sep 2022	11	30	2.7	11	1.00
Sep 2021	8	28	3.5	8	1.00
Sep 2020	17	43	2.5	21	1.24
Sep 2019	13	36	2.8	13	1.00
Sep 2018	12	44	3.7	12	1.00
Sep 2017	14	39	2.8	13	0.93
Sep 2016	15	58	3.9	25	1.67
Sep 2015	15	38	2.5	23	1.53
Sep 2014	14	32	2.3	14	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 92% · Writing 92% · Maths 75% → all three 75% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%89th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard92%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard42%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard92%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth25%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard17%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Essex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	75%	17%	108	103
2023/24	60%	0%	102	99
2022/23	67%	8%	109	104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Great Sampford Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

2.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
4.2 km · Essex

Good2024

1.5applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
5.1 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

1.8applications per place
Wimbish Primary Academy
5.2 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

1.2applications per place
Thaxted Primary School
5.5 km · Essex

Good2024

2.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Great Bardfield Primary School
5.9 km · Essex

2026

2.2applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Steeple Bumpstead Primary School
6.4 km · Essex

Good2022

1.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School
7.8 km · Essex

Good2024

4.0applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
Castle Camps Church of England (Controlled) Primary School
7.9 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 114970 · 881/2730
Capacity: 105 pupils · 79 on roll
Free school meals: 7.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Finchingfield Road, Great Sampford, Saffron Walden, CB10 2RL
Local authority: Essex · Uttlesford

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources