Silver End Academy
School Road, Silver End, Witham, CM8 3RZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- INSPIRES MAT
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Meares
- Sponsor
- Connected Learning
- Constituency
- Witham
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 440
- Pupils on roll
- 344
- URN
- 144955
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01376583353
About this school
Silver End Academy is a primary academy in Witham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 344 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 34 | 55 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 33% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 55% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 58% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 55% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.80 | - | - |
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 Silver End Academy 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 | 53% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 33% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 341 |
| 2023/24 | 367 |
| 2024/25 | 370 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Silver End Academy compares
Silver End Academy ranked 349th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45% | 5.9% | 23.2% | 344 | — |
| Rivenhall Church of England Primary School | 67% | 6.3% | 19.5% | 128 | 1.5 miles |
| White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | 73% | 3.5% | 1.9% | 108 | 1.8 miles |
| Elm Hall Primary School | 48% | 6.4% | 17.8% | 228 | 1.8 miles |
| Cressing Primary School | 79% | 4.4% | 20.4% | 205 | 1.9 miles |
| Templars Academy | 42% | 7.2% | 29.9% | 412 | 2.1 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report19 May 2026
- 8 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.21%
- English as an additional language
- 3.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.86%
- Persistent absence
- 15.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rivenhall Church of England Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Witham
-
White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Witham
-
Elm Hall Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Witham
-
Cressing Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Braintree
-
Templars Academy2.1 miles
Primary · Witham
Other schools in Witham
Silver End Academy ranks 8th of the 9 ranked primary schools in Witham.
- Acorn Academy Primary
- Chipping Hill Primary School 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
- 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 Silver End Academy teach?
- Silver End Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Witham.
- Who is the headteacher of Silver End Academy?
- The headteacher of Silver End Academy is Mrs Sarah Meares, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Silver End Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Silver End Academy, 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 Silver End Academy?
- Silver End Academy has 344 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Silver End Academy full?
- Silver End Academy has capacity for 440 pupils and 344 on roll (78%), 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 Silver End Academy a faith school?
- No. Silver End Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Silver End Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Silver End Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Silver End Academy?
- Silver End Academy is part of INSPIRES MAT. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Silver End Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Silver End Academy rank locally?
- Silver End Academy ranked 349th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Silver End Academy's absence rate?
- Silver End Academy's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Silver End Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Silver End Academy'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 15 July 2026.