Great Dunmow Primary School
Walnut Walk, Great Dunmow, CM6 1ZR
421 pupils · 100% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 8.8%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 November 2024, published 12 January 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 87% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 13% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.27 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 76 | 163 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 86 | 173 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 74 | 152 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 68 | 148 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 71 | 161 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 75 | 172 | 60 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 59 | 67 | 182 | 59 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 59 | 76 | 188 | 59 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Dunmow St Mary's Primary School 0.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Takeley Primary School 4.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Stebbing Primary School 4.8 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- The Flitch Green Academy 4.9 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Roseacres Primary School 5.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.