Primary schools in Saffron Walden
14 primary schools in Saffron Walden, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Saffron Walden in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 12 schools in Saffron Walden first 329 times for 333 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Essex authority's 411 schools. One of the 12 had more first choices than places.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Katherine Semar Infant School
- Katherine Semar Junior School
- R A Butler Junior School
- Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy
- Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy
- Great Sampford Community Primary School
- Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden
- Rickling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- Clavering Primary School
- Wimbish Primary Academy
- Ashdon Primary School
- R A Butler Infant School
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