Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
The Street, Woodham Walter, Maldon, CM9 6RF
This school is closed (it closed in May 2025).
It was replaced by Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amy Dennis
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Witham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
- Capacity
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 102
- URN
- 115123
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Maldon. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 102 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 16 | 16 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 44% | 36% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 19% | 19% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | 69% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 56% | 45% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 31% | 55% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 98.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
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 Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 63% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 36% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 114 |
| 2023/24 | 110 |
| 2024/25 | 102 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36% | 8.8% | 27.5% | 102 | — |
| Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy | — | — | — | 75 | 0.0 miles |
| St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury | 71% | 5.6% | 16.9% | 222 | 1.9 miles |
| All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 48% | 5% | 25.3% | 316 | 2.2 miles |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon | 67% | 5.5% | 12.7% | 196 | 2.3 miles |
| Limebrook Primary School and Nursery | — | — | 13.3% | 137 | 2.3 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)
- 27.45%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- Overall absence
- 8.77%
- Persistent absence
- 29.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Maldon
-
St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury1.9 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
- 2.2 miles
-
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon2.3 miles
Primary · Maldon
-
Limebrook Primary School and Nursery2.3 miles
Primary · Maldon
Other schools in Maldon
- All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Great Totham Primary School Primary
- Heybridge Primary School Primary
- Limebrook Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Maldon Primary School Primary
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon Primary
- Tollesbury School Primary
- Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy Primary
- Wentworth Primary School Primary
- Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Plume School Secondary
- Mid Essex Co-Operative Academy Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School teach?
- Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Maldon.
- Has Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School?
- Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 102 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 36% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodham Walter Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 8 July 2025.