Voluntary aided school · Essex

Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

5–11Ages
138Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
115191URN

Water Lane, Radwinter, Saffron Walden, CB10 2TX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.8 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

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46 applications for 30 places · 331st of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

54%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 · 23 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

23 April 2024
Graded inspection: Good
26 April 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

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

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.8 below Essex median (2.4) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

46 applications · 30 places offered · 29 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2021 2.5; Essex median median 2.3
2020 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
2019 3.0; Essex median median 2.5
2018 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
2017 1.9; Essex median median 2.6
2016 3.6; Essex median median 2.8
2015 3.2; 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	30	46	1.5	29	0.97
Sep 2025	21	40	1.9	20	0.95
Sep 2024	22	41	1.9	22	1.00
Sep 2023	21	35	1.7	20	0.95
Sep 2022	20	35	1.8	17	0.85
Sep 2021	12	30	2.5	12	1.00
Sep 2020	14	42	3.0	19	1.36
Sep 2019	15	45	3.0	17	1.13
Sep 2018	28	47	1.7	26	0.93
Sep 2017	22	42	1.9	22	1.00
Sep 2016	15	54	3.6	18	1.20
Sep 2015	15	48	3.2	14	0.93
Sep 2014	14	32	2.3	12	0.86

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 88% · Writing 63% · Maths 63% → all three 54% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard54%287th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard88%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard38%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard63%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth8%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard63%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard21%

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	54%	8%	107	103
2023/24	67%	10%	106	105
2022/23	82%	9%	111	107

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

Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

1.5applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Wimbish Primary Academy
2.3 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

1.2applications per place
Great Sampford Community Primary School
4.2 km · Essex

Good2023

2.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Ashdon Primary School
5.2 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

2.7applications per place 20%met the SATs standard
Castle Camps Church of England (Controlled) Primary School
6.3 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Katherine Semar Infant School
6.4 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place
Katherine Semar Junior School
6.4 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

79%met the SATs standard
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden
6.5 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.3applications per place 94%met the SATs standard
Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy
6.5 km · Essex

Good2023

2.8applications per place 78%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 115191 · 881/3730
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 105 pupils · 138 on roll
Free school meals: 7.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Water Lane, Radwinter, Saffron Walden, CB10 2TX
Local authority: Essex · Uttlesford

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