R A Butler Infant School
Primary school · Academy converter · ages 5 to 7 · Mixed
South Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 3DG
- Pupils271
- Ages5 to 7
- Latest Ofsted6 Nov 2024
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.
Ungraded inspection · 6 Nov 2024
Outcome: Improved significantly. An ungraded inspection checks whether a school is still at the standard of its last graded inspection; it doesn’t give new grades.
Ungraded inspection · report published 3 Dec 2024
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 271 (capacity 270)
134 girls, 137 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 9.2% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Pupils with SEN support
Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.
2024/25
Pupils with an EHC plan
An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.
2024/25
Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years
2024/25
First language not English
This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.
2024/25
Attendance
Overall absence
The share of possible mornings and afternoons missed, for any reason (authorised or not).
2024/25
Persistent absence
Pupils who missed 10% or more of their possible sessions.
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy converter (Academies)
- Phase
- Primary
- Trust
- SAFFRON ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Saffron Academy Trust
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2010
- Local authority
- Essex
- Parliamentary constituency
- North West Essex
- URN
- 136325 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
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How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.