Saffron Walden County High School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B73
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Saffron Walden, CB11 4UH
- Distance
- 3.5km away
Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport
Bury Water Lane, Newport, Saffron Walden, CB11 3TR
Local ranking47th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1030
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 27 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 50.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 199
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Higher education
- 37.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 35.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D
Avg A-Level Grade
18.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
20.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
30
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 968
- Boys
- 485 (56%)
- Girls
- 380 (44%)
- Capacity
- 1030 (84% full)
- SEND
- 14.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.2%
- EAL
- 4.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.2%
- SEN Support
- 12.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,915/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.5%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Other: 0.6%
88.5%
White British
4.6%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Bury Water Lane
Saffron Walden, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138734
- UKPRN
- 10038646
- Establishment No.
- 5436
- Trust
- ANGLIAN LEARNING
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