Academy sponsor led · Primary
Witham · CM8 1BZ · Essex
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 114951
Howbridge Infant School
Foundation school · Witham · CM8 1DJ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–7
Pupils
265
Local authority
Essex
Age range
Ages 5–7
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 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 foundation school (primary), Ages 5–7, in Witham, Essex, 265 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 23%.
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Overview
- School type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 114951
Location
- Address
- Dengie Close
- Postcode
- CM8 1DJ
- 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
- 265
- Boys / girls
- 122 / 143
- School capacity
- 270
- Capacity fill
- 265 / 270 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 23%
- FSM pupils
- 61
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Anna Conley
- Telephone
- 01376512153
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
2023-04-25
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes