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Dr Walker's CofE Primary School

Primary school in Ongar, Essex. Requires improvement (Jan 2024).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 31 January 2024, report published 17 March 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Dr Walker's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Fyfield (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Dr Walker's CofE Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early yearsGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around July 2026

The last inspection was in January 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. 1.9 milesHigh Ongar Primary School

    Primary, Ongar, Essex

    Good (Jan 2023)

  2. 2.2 milesMoreton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Primary, Ongar, Essex

    Good (Feb 2023)

  3. 2.2 milesOngar Primary School

    Primary, Ongar, Essex

    School remains Good (Sep 2023)

  4. 3.1 milesChipping Ongar Primary School

    Primary, Ongar, Essex

    Good (Jan 2023)

  5. 3.2 milesMatching Green Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Primary, Harlow, Essex

    Good (Jul 2023)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.