Schools in Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a historic market town in northwest Essex with 16 schools - 14 primaries spread across the town and surrounding villages, plus two secondaries: Saffron Walden County High School and Joyce Frankland Academy in Newport. Essex County Council co-ordinates admissions here, with primary catchments based on measured distance from the school gate after priority categories.
Saffron Walden County High School is a large converter academy drawing from a wide rural catchment that includes villages across Uttlesford district; the school's published last-distance-offered figure is worth checking before applying from outlying villages. Joyce Frankland Academy in nearby Newport offers an alternative secondary option for families in the north of the catchment area. Essex secondary applications are made online through the county portal each October.
School demand in Saffron Walden
Across the 16 schools in Saffron Walden with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 90%. 6 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
6 schools in Saffron Walden have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
10 of the schools in Saffron Walden are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Essex, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Saffron Walden have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Saffron Walden: 5 oversubscribed (14)
Ashdon Primary School
Primary · Community school
Saffron Walden · CB10 2HB
Clavering Primary School
Primary · Community school
Saffron Walden · CB11 4PE
Great Sampford Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Saffron Walden · CB10 2RL
Rickling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Saffron Walden · CB11 3YG
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Saffron Walden · CB10 1BQ
Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Saffron Walden · CB10 2TX
R A Butler Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Saffron Walden · CB11 3DG
R A Butler Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Saffron Walden · CB11 3DG
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden
Primary · Academy converter
Saffron Walden · CB11 3DW
Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Saffron Walden · CB10 1NN
Katherine Semar Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Saffron Walden · CB11 4DU
Katherine Semar Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Saffron Walden · CB11 4DU
Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Saffron Walden · CB11 3LE
Wimbish Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Saffron Walden · CB10 2XE
Secondary Schools in Saffron Walden (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Saffron Walden are set by Essex and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.