Foundation school · Primary
Witham · CM8 1DJ · Essex
Ages 5–7
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 140666
Howbridge Church of England Junior School
Academy sponsor led · Witham · CM8 1BZ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 7–11
Pupils
356
Local authority
Essex
Age range
Ages 7–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 7–11, in Witham, Essex, 356 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 28.1%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Chelmsford.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 140666
Location
- Address
- Howbridge Road
- Postcode
- CM8 1BZ
- Town
- Witham
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 356
- Boys / girls
- 192 / 164
- School capacity
- 384
- Capacity fill
- 356 / 384 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 28.1%
- FSM pupils
- 100
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chelmsford
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD VINE SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD VINE SCHOOLS TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Chelmsford
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Lucie Levett
- Telephone
- 01376501648
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-11-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 48%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 1%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 101.0