R A Butler Infant School

State-Funded School

r-a-butler-infant-school-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

North West EssexConstituency

CB11 3DGPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

R A Butler Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–7, located in Essex, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 271 pupils. R A Butler Infant School is part of Saffron Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

271

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 7
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 271
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: Saffron Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
22 May 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.