Harlowbury Primary School | Primary in Harlow | Ofsted & DfE

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

198

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

198

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

65%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

198

Pupils · 2024/25

26%

EAL · 2024/25

13%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 15/03/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEssex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio14.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19

RWM expected standard

65%

-5pp

70%58%45%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 65%

RWM higher standard

-10pp

10%5%0%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

85%

Reading higher standard

15%

Writing expected standard

85%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

69%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

88%

SPAG expected standard

69%

SPAG higher standard

23%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

198

Pupil : teacher ratio

14.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

26%

FSM eligible

15%

SEN

19%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

13%

Contact

Address

Watlington Road, Old Harlow, Harlow, CM17 0DX

Local authority

Essex

Website

www.harlowbury.essex.sch.uk/

Telephone

01279423444

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	65%	0%	85%	15%	85%	4%	69%	8%	88%	69%	104.0	103.0	104.0	—	—	—	19%	198
2023/24	70%	10%	77%	23%	83%	17%	73%	30%	77%	80%	104.0	105.0	106.0	—	—	—	21%	197
2022/23	65%	6%	68%	23%	74%	16%	77%	19%	81%	74%	102.0	104.0	103.0	+0.30	+1.80	+1.60	22%	201
2018/19	45%	0%	55%	3%	66%	3%	59%	7%	66%	59%	100.0	100.0	100.0	+1.60	+0.70	+0.50	23%	193

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	198	16.9	19%	26%	15%	6%	13%
2023/24	197	20.4	21%	29%	21%	6%	16%
2022/23	201	19.2	22%	29%	23%	7%	19%
2021/22	186	17.7	24%	5%	23%	6%	21%
2020/21	182	15.4	30%	16%	25%	—	—
2018/19	193	19.6	23%	19%	26%	5%	15%
2017/18	—	18.0	—	—	—	6%	15%