R A Butler Junior School
Primary schoolR A Butler Junior School is a primary school in Uttlesford, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 384 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 82% of pupils at R A Butler Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
33% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 82% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 33% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- R A Butler Infant SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, November 202410 m
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron WaldenPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023. 94% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)200 m
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)770 m
- Saffron Walden County High SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 55.8 (2025/26, provisional)980 m
- Katherine Semar Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade1.2 km
- Katherine Semar Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Uttlesford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).