Friends School is a Other Independent School located in Saffron Walden, Essex, teaching [Not Applicable] students aged between 2 and 18 years of age.
The school operates under the Saffron Walden local authority.
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School Information
School name | Friends School |
Headteacher | Mr Graham Wigley |
Number of pupils | 393 |
Type of school | Other Independent School |
Phase of education | [Not Applicable] |
Ages | 2 - 18 |
Local authority | Saffron Walden |
Parliamentary constituency | Not known |
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Postcode | CB11 3EB |
Location | Sewards End |
Town | Saffron Walden |
County | Essex |
Region | East of England |
Local Authority | Uttlesford |
Ward Name | Saffron Walden Shire |
Area Type | Non-metropolitan District |
Coordinates | 52.016274,0.242443 |
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Overview
Data: OS © Crown copyright and database right 2021, data extracts from Census 2011.
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Primary Schools | Ofsted Rating | Distance |
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden | 0.2 mi | |
R A Butler Infant School, Saffron Walden | 0.3 mi | |
R A Butler Junior School, Saffron Walden | 0.3 mi | |
Katherine Semar Infant School, Saffron Walden | 0.4 mi | |
Katherine Semar Junior School, Saffron Walden | 0.4 mi | |
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Saffron Walden | 0.7 mi | |
Newport Primary School, Saffron Walden | 2.9 mi | |
Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Saffron Walden | 2.9 mi | |
Wimbish Primary School, Saffron Walden | 3.5 mi | |
Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy, Saffron Walden | 3.8 mi | |
Secondary Schools | Ofsted Rating | Distance |
Saffron Walden County High School, Saffron Walden | 0.5 mi | |
Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport, Saffron Walden | 2.2 mi | |
Linton Village College, South East Cambridgeshire | 5.8 mi | |
Sawston Village College, South Cambridgeshire | 8.3 mi | |
Forest Hall School, Saffron Walden | 8.6 mi | |
Castle Manor Academy, West Suffolk | 9.2 mi | |
Samuel Ward Academy, West Suffolk | 10.1 mi | |
Birchwood High School, Hertford and Stortford | 10.1 mi | |
Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre, Saffron Walden | 10.4 mi | |
Hockerill Anglo-European College, Hertford and Stortford | 10.5 mi |
OFSTED Ratings Explained
Outstanding: The school provides the highest quality education and care for children, and will not be inspected again unless concerns are raised.
Good: The school provides for all their pupils' educational needs, and prepare them well for the next stage of their lives.
Requires Improvement: The school provides an acceptable quality of education and care for children, but will have areas where they could improve.
Inadequate: The school is failing to provide an acceptable quality of education and care for children, and will need to make significant improvements immediately.
Data: Ofsted © 2021, last updated Jan 2020.
2020 | £388,447 |
2019 | £398,362 |
2018 | £388,261 |
2017 | £391,711 |
2016 | £362,338 |
2015 | £323,668 |
2014 | £290,637 |
Detached | £583,184 |
Semi-Detached | £387,542 |
Terraced | £328,512 |
Flats | £222,832 |
Detached | 33% |
Semi-Detached | 26% |
Terraced | 29% |
Flats | 10% |
Bedsits | 2% |
Data: ONS licensed under the Open Government Licence v30, Last updated Jun 2020. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2020. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Social Grade | CB11 3EB | UK |
AB | 28% | 27% |
C1 | 30% | 28% |
C2 | 22% | 20% |
DE | 20% | 25% |
Occupation | CB11 3EB | UK |
Managerial/Directors | 11% | 11% |
Professionals | 16% | 20% |
Associate Professionals | 11% | 14% |
Admin/Secretarial | 11% | 10% |
Skilled Trades | 12% | 11% |
Caring, Leisure & Service | 11% | 9% |
Sales & Customer Service | 10% | 8% |
Plant & Machine Operatives | 6% | 6% |
Elementary Occupations | 13% | 11% |
Ethnicity | CB11 3EB | UK |
White | 92% | 86% |
Mixed | 2% | 2.2% |
Asian | 3% | 7.5% |
Black | 1% | 3.4% |
Arabic/Other | 0% | 0.6% |
Marital Status | CB11 3EB | UK |
Single | 30% | 35% |
Married | 54% | 47% |
Civil Partnership | 0% | 0.2% |
Divorced | 9% | 9% |
Data: ONS © Crown copyright and database right 2021, data extracts from Census 2011.
Crimes (Last 12 Months) | CB11 3EB | UK |
Anti-social behaviour | 42 | 36 |
Burglaries | 12 | 11 |
Robberies | 1 | 2 |
Theft | 16 | 19 |
Vehicle Crimes | 4 | 12 |
Possession of Weapons | 0 | 12 |
Violent Crimes | 42 | 51 |
Drug Offences | 9 | 5 |
Criminal Damage & Arson | 11 | 15 |

Police Force | Essex Police |
Type | Territorial police force |
Formed | 1969 |
Officers | 3,606 |
Budget | £242.2 |
Area Size | 3,670 hectares |
Jurisdiction | England and Wales |
Data: ONS © Police.uk under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last updated Jan 2020.


The Saffron Walden constituency is located in Essex, and has a total population of 103,906, of which 87,017 (83.7%) are eligible to vote. Election turnout for the Saffron Walden constituency in 2019 was 73%, higher than the average UK turnout at 67.3%.
Constituency | Saffron Walden |
Member of Parliament | MP |
Constituency Type | County |
Result | Con hold |
Declaration Date/Time | 12/13/2019 2:39:00 AM |
GE2019 Result | Con hold |
First Party | Con |
Second Party | LD |
Electorate | 87017 |
Valid Votes | 63086 |
Winning Majority | 27594 |
EU Leave % | 51% |
Council Offices
London Road
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 4ER
PHONE: 01799 510 510
uconnect@uttlesford.gov.uk
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Ofsted Report
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Behaviour and safety of pupils:
Overall leadership and management grade:
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Full Ofsted Report
You can view the full report by clicking on the Ofsted website athttp://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/114884.
About Ofsted Reports

Ofsted carry out full regulatory inspections of schools and educational institutions throughout England. Reporting to the UK government, Ofsted are both impartial and independent, and inspect institutions that care for young people and children, as well as organisations that provide education or skills for people of all ages.
Ofsted inspects education providers, children's services and organisations that provide education or skills. One or more Ofsted inspectors visit a provider to inspect the quality of teaching, the levels of achievement that pupils achieve, the behaviour of those who are in attendance, and the effectiveness of teaching that schools provide to their pupils.
A typical Ofsted report will contain information about how well their inspectors think that a school is performing, as well as ways that it can improve certain areas. It also includes data on how well students are performing, both in their general education and their well-being. In addition, Ofsted inspectors will include feedback from parents and carers about their views and opinions of the school.
In order to produce a useful tool for improvement, inspectors will give a school an overall grade for how good they think a school is:
- Grade 1 - Outstanding
- Grade 2 - Good
- Grade 3 - Requires improvement
- Grade 4 - Inadequate
Should a school be judged as 'requires improvement' or 'inadequate', then the Ofsted report will explain why the grade was given, as well as ways how the school can improve their grade.
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