Saffron Walden County High School
Secondary schoolSaffron Walden County High School is a secondary school in Uttlesford, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 2,157 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), March 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 26 March 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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Saffron Walden County High School was 55.8, against 49.6 in Uttlesford and 46.2 in England.
64.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Uttlesford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 55.8 | 49.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 64.7% | 51.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77.7% | 71.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 300 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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 2024980 m
- R A Butler Junior SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), May 2024. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron WaldenPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023. 94% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Katherine Semar Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Katherine Semar Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade1.4 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).