St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school located in Saffron Walden. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 22/05/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are well above average, progress in writing is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.2%, which is 0.8 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Castle Street, Saffron Walden

School Information

Address: Castle Street, Saffron Walden, CB10 1BQ
Website: www.stmaryssw.org.uk/
Telephone: 01799523384
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Chris Jarmain
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 115155

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 22/05/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 215
Number of Boys: 99
Number of Girls: 116

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 4 Confidence interval 1.6 to 6.4
Writing
Average: 0.4 Confidence interval -1.8 to 2.6
Maths
Well Above Average: 3 Confidence interval 0.9 to 5.1

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:81%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:12%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:108
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:108
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Castle Street , CB10 1BQ 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
R A Butler Infant School
South Road , CB11 3DG 		3out of 4 844 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
R A Butler Junior School
South Road , CB11 3DG 		3out of 4 844 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden
South Road , CB11 3DW 		3out of 4 1,060 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Katherine Semar Infant School
Ross Close , CB11 4DU 		4out of 4 2,101 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Saffron Walden County High School
Audley End Road , CB11 4UH 		4out of 4 1,326 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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