Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 8 May 2024Graded inspection: Outstanding
- 23 November 2022Ungraded 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 did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 93% · Writing 86% · Maths 93% → all three 82% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Essex median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 82% | 33% | 110 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 29% | 109 | 109 |
| 2022/23 | 73% | 24% | 109 | 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
- R A Butler Junior SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding202482%met the SATs standard
- 0.0 km · EssexImproved significantly20242.0applications per place
- 0.2 km · EssexRemains Good20233.3applications per place 94%met the SATs standard
- Remains Good20233.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place
- 1.2 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade202579%met the SATs standard
- Good20232.8applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · EssexSome aspects not as strong20251.9applications per place 16%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · EssexRemains Good20221.2applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 136328 · 881/5264
- Capacity
- 384 pupils · 384 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2010
- Replaced
- R A Butler Junior School (URN 115304)
- Address
- South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DG
- Local authority
- Essex · Uttlesford
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources