Chipping Hill Primary School
Owers Road, Witham, CM8 1FR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Aimee Walker
- Constituency
- Witham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 421
- URN
- 114827
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01376512201
About this school
Chipping Hill Primary School is a community primary school in Witham. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 421 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 58 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 71% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 7% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 90% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 86% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 90% | 92% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Chipping Hill Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 420 |
| 2023/24 | 419 |
| 2024/25 | 419 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chipping Hill Primary School compares
Chipping Hill Primary School ranked 181st of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4.2% | 10.3% | 421 | — |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | 70% | 2.9% | 23.7% | 201 | 0.3 miles |
| Howbridge Church of England Junior School | 51% | 7.2% | 27.5% | 356 | 0.4 miles |
| Howbridge Infant School | — | 5.6% | 26.2% | 265 | 0.4 miles |
| Witham Oaks Academy | 72% | 5.2% | 43.4% | 290 | 1.2 miles |
| Acorn Academy | — | 5.9% | 34.5% | 196 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.26%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
- Overall absence
- 4.22%
- Persistent absence
- 7.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holy Family Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Witham
-
Howbridge Church of England Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Witham
-
Howbridge Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Witham
-
Witham Oaks Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Witham
-
Acorn Academy1.2 miles
Primary · Witham
Other schools in Witham
Chipping Hill Primary School ranks 4th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Witham.
- Acorn Academy Primary
- Elm Hall Primary School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Howbridge Church of England Junior School Primary
- Howbridge Infant School Primary
- Rivenhall Church of England Primary School Primary
- Silver End Academy Primary
- Templars Academy Primary
- White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Witham Oaks Academy Primary
- Lift Maltings Secondary
- Lift New Rickstones Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Chipping Hill Primary School teach?
- Chipping Hill Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Witham.
- Who is the headteacher of Chipping Hill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Chipping Hill Primary School is Mrs Aimee Walker, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Chipping Hill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chipping Hill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Chipping Hill Primary School?
- Chipping Hill Primary School has 421 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Chipping Hill Primary School full?
- Chipping Hill Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 421 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Chipping Hill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Chipping Hill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Chipping Hill Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Chipping Hill Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Chipping Hill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Chipping Hill Primary School rank locally?
- Chipping Hill Primary School ranked 181st of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Chipping Hill Primary School's absence rate?
- Chipping Hill Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chipping Hill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chipping Hill Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.