Katherine Semar Junior School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B80
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- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Saffron Walden, CB11 4DU
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Katherine Semar Infant School
Ross Close, Saffron Walden, CB11 4DU
Local ranking377th of 430 primary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
180
Capacity
4-7
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 180
- Boys
- 90 (50%)
- Girls
- 90 (50%)
- Capacity
- 180 (100% full)
- SEND
- 12.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 10.6%
- EAL
- 12.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 10.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 25.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,200/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 79.6%
- White Other: 9.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.7%
- Asian Chinese: 2.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
79.6%
White British
9.9%
White Other
3.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Ross Close
Saffron Walden, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 141574
- UKPRN
- 10048075
- Establishment No.
- 2717
- Trust
- SAFFRON ACADEMY TRUST
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