Pear Tree Mead Academy | School performance

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

483

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

483

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

483

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 22/02/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEssex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio26.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Pear Tree Mead Academy · Primary · Essex

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

62%

-9pp

77%70%62%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 62%

RWM higher standard

10%

-1pp

14%9%4%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

74%

Reading higher standard

26%

Writing expected standard

75%

Writing higher standard

15%

Maths expected standard

89%

Maths higher standard

39%

Science expected standard

85%

SPAG expected standard

82%

SPAG higher standard

43%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

107.0

GPS scaled score

108.0

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

483

Pupil : teacher ratio

26.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

15%

FSM eligible

29%

SEN

13%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

14%

Contact

Address

Pear Tree Mead, Harlow, CM18 7BY

Local authority

Essex

Website

www.peartreemead.essex.sch.uk

Telephone

01279836181

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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	62%	10%	74%	26%	75%	15%	89%	39%	85%	82%	104.0	107.0	108.0	—	—	—	13%	483
2023/24	71%	11%	82%	23%	82%	16%	85%	27%	97%	89%	105.0	106.0	108.0	—	—	—	15%	474
2022/23	70%	7%	73%	17%	78%	27%	83%	20%	88%	78%	103.0	104.0	105.0	-1.20	+1.80	+0.90	6%	464
2018/19	77%	14%	80%	25%	86%	20%	89%	32%	91%	82%	105.0	106.0	107.0	+0.10	+0.40	+0.80	13%	463
2017/18	69%	4%	73%	20%	84%	13%	82%	22%	87%	82%	104.0	104.0	106.0	+0.50	+1.60	+1.40	—	456
2016/17	65%	5%	70%	7%	88%	12%	81%	19%	91%	74%	100.0	104.0	104.0	-1.00	+3.50	+2.00	8%	430

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	483	26.3	13%	15%	29%	5%	14%
2023/24	474	26.3	15%	12%	31%	6%	16%
2022/23	464	20.6	6%	11%	26%	6%	18%
2021/22	476	22.9	7%	12%	29%	7%	20%
2020/21	479	23.4	10%	12%	26%	—	—
2018/19	463	23.4	13%	10%	35%	4%	6%
2017/18	—	23.2	—	—	—	4%	6%
2016/17	430	21.0	8%	7%	34%	4%	9%