Great Sampford Community Primary School
Finchingfield Road, Great Sampford, Saffron Walden, CB10 2RL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Miss Amy Reis
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 79
- URN
- 114970
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01799586280
About this school
Great Sampford Community Primary School is a community primary school in Saffron Walden. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 79 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 60% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 0% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 92% | 60% | 92% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 60% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 40% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 102.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 99.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| 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 Great Sampford Community 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 | 67% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 89 |
| 2023/24 | 82 |
| 2024/25 | 87 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Great Sampford Community Primary School compares
Great Sampford Community Primary School ranked 93rd of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 4.1% | 5.8% | 79 | — |
| Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 54% | 4.9% | 8% | 138 | 2.6 miles |
| Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy | — | 5.7% | 9.8% | 71 | 3.2 miles |
| Wimbish Primary Academy | — | 2.4% | 23.3% | 41 | 3.2 miles |
| Thaxted Primary School | 64% | 5% | 13% | 228 | 3.4 miles |
| Great Bardfield Primary School | 45% | 4.5% | 21% | 117 | 3.7 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)
- 5.75%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.08%
- Persistent absence
- 8.22%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
-
Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy3.2 miles
Primary · Braintree
-
Wimbish Primary Academy3.2 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
-
Thaxted Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · Dunmow
-
Great Bardfield Primary School3.7 miles
Primary · Braintree
Other schools in Saffron Walden
Great Sampford Community Primary School ranks 7th of the 11 ranked primary schools in Saffron Walden.
- Ashdon Primary School Primary
- Clavering Primary School Primary
- Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy Primary
- Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Katherine Semar Infant School Primary
- Katherine Semar Junior School Primary
- R A Butler Infant School Primary
- R A Butler Junior School Primary
- Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Rickling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Great Sampford Community Primary School teach?
- Great Sampford Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Saffron Walden.
- Who is the head teacher of Great Sampford Community Primary School?
- The head teacher of Great Sampford Community Primary School is Miss Amy Reis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Great Sampford Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Great Sampford Community 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 Great Sampford Community Primary School?
- Great Sampford Community Primary School has 79 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Great Sampford Community Primary School full?
- Great Sampford Community Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 79 on roll (75%), so it has space against 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 Great Sampford Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Great Sampford Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Great Sampford Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Great Sampford Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Great Sampford Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Great Sampford Community Primary School rank locally?
- Great Sampford Community Primary School ranked 93rd of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Great Sampford Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Great Sampford Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Great Sampford Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Sampford Community 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.