Wimbish Primary Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Saffron Walden · CB10 2XE · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS227%
- Absence7.5%
- FSM24.4%
- Demand1.00
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 114990
Wimbish Primary School
Community school · Saffron Walden · CB10 2XE
Ages 4–11 · 64 pupils · Essex
Overall absence
6.2%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Absence
Academic year 2022/23. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)22.8%
Unauthorised2.5%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 57
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2023/24 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
8
Places offered
10
1st-preference offers
8
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 18
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 8
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (19 Jan 2023).
Capacity fill61%
64 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 64
- Boys / girls
- 38 / 26
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 64 / 105 (61%)
- Free school meals
- 20.3%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natasha Thake
Location
- Address
- Tye Green, Wimbish
- Postcode
- CB10 2XE
- Town
- Saffron Walden
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Saffron Walden
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Rural village
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Saffron Walden, Essex, 64 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 20.3%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Saffron Walden · CB10 2TX · Essex
Ages 5–11
- KS267%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM7.2%
- Demand1.00
1.4 miles away
Academy sponsor led · Primary
Saffron Walden · CB11 3LE · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM9.3%
- Demand0.94
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natasha Thake