Wimbish Primary School
Tye Green, Wimbish, Saffron Walden, CB10 2XE
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Wimbish Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natasha Thake
- Constituency
- Saffron Walden
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 64
- URN
- 114990
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Wimbish Primary School was a community primary school in Saffron Walden. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 64 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Wimbish Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.30 |
| Writing progress | -7.00 |
| Maths progress | -3.70 |
How Wimbish Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.2% | 21.9% | 64 | — |
| Wimbish Primary Academy | — | 2.4% | 23.3% | 41 | 0.0 miles |
| Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 54% | 4.9% | 8% | 138 | 1.4 miles |
| Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy | 78% | 4.2% | 11.7% | 140 | 2.7 miles |
| Katherine Semar Infant School | — | 3.7% | 10.6% | 180 | 3.2 miles |
| Katherine Semar Junior School | 79% | 3.1% | 12.9% | 256 | 3.2 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.9%
- English as an additional language
- 10.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.2%
- Persistent absence
- 22.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wimbish Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
-
Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
-
Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy2.7 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
-
Katherine Semar Infant School3.2 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
-
Katherine Semar Junior School3.2 miles
Primary · Saffron Walden
Other 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
- Great Sampford Community Primary School 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
Common questions
- What ages does Wimbish Primary School teach?
- Wimbish Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Saffron Walden.
- Has Wimbish Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Wimbish Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Wimbish Primary School?
- Wimbish Primary School had 64 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- What are Wimbish Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wimbish 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 12 September 2023.