Saffron Walden County High School

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Audley End Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4UH

Headteacher · Ms Polly Lankester

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Key facts

Pupils2,157Capacity 2,050

OfstedOutstandingInspected 26 March 2024

TrustSaffron Academy Trust

Free school meals10.3%

Outstanding

Graded inspection on 26 March 2024.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Essex council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

289 of the 344 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered290

Applications536

First choice344

First-choice offers289

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).