Clavering Primary School

About Clavering Primary School

Clavering Primary School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, a step down from the Outstanding grade it received in its previous inspection back in 2007. However, the detail behind that overall rating tells a more nuanced story. Inspectors judged behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision all to be Outstanding, with the quality of education and leadership and management both rated Good. On the most informative exam metric available, the school's Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits above the local authority average of 62% for similar schools, placing Clavering 160th out of 444 primary schools in Essex. Within the Uttlesford district specifically, the school ranks 21st out of 34 primary schools based on this same combined measure.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 SATs results, Clavering's pupils performed particularly strongly in reading, where 78% reached the expected standard and 41% achieved the higher standard — a notably high proportion. In writing, 89% of pupils met the expected level, while maths saw 67% hitting the expected mark and 19% reaching the higher threshold. The average scaled scores tell a similar story: 108 in reading and 103 in maths, both comfortably above the national baseline of 100. The school's overall ranking score of 67 places it in the top 50 tier nationally, though its national percentile of around 40 suggests there is room for improvement relative to the strongest performing primaries. With only 15% of pupils reaching the higher standard across all three subjects, the school's strength lies in solid, consistent attainment for the majority rather than exceptional performance at the top end.

Clavering is a relatively small primary school with 182 pupils against a capacity of 210, and it is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 45 applications for 22 places, with 21 of those coming as first preferences. The school serves a community with low levels of disadvantage — just 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. Facilities include a sports hall, outdoor playground, playing fields, music rooms and even a chapel, while the sports offering covers tennis, swimming, netball, athletics and cross country. Clubs range from gardening and eco club to chess, drama and science club. The school supports pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language needs, and social, emotional and mental health challenges. This is a good-fit choice for families in Uttlesford who want a well-regarded village primary with strong personal development and behaviour, solid academic foundations, and a broad range of extracurricular activities, though those seeking the very highest academic outcomes may want to look at the top-performing peers in the local area.

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