Purford Green Primary School | School performance

72%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

227

Pupils · 2024/25

19%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

72%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

227

Pupils · 2024/25

19%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

72%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

227

Pupils · 2024/25

19%

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 27/02/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEssex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio19.8:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Purford Green Primary School · Primary · Essex

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How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

72%

-5pp

79%68%57%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 72%

RWM higher standard

17%

+7pp

17%9%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 17%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

86%

Reading higher standard

48%

Writing expected standard

86%

Writing higher standard

21%

Maths expected standard

79%

Maths higher standard

24%

Science expected standard

90%

SPAG expected standard

90%

SPAG higher standard

41%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

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

227

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

19%

FSM eligible

33%

SEN

21%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

Purford Green, Harlow, CM18 6HP

Local authority

Essex

Website

www.purfordgreenschool.com

Telephone

01279425100

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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	72%	17%	86%	48%	86%	21%	79%	24%	90%	90%	107.0	105.0	108.0	—	—	—	21%	227
2023/24	77%	10%	83%	10%	80%	17%	83%	17%	80%	73%	105.0	104.0	104.0	—	—	—	22%	228
2022/23	64%	7%	75%	32%	71%	18%	75%	25%	75%	75%	106.0	105.0	106.0	+0.40	+0.60	+0.70	21%	204
2018/19	79%	7%	79%	21%	83%	21%	83%	31%	83%	83%	104.0	105.0	106.0	+0.50	+1.40	+1.20	18%	201
2017/18	57%	0%	67%	17%	77%	13%	67%	7%	80%	67%	102.0	101.0	103.0	-2.00	-0.10	-2.30	22%	204
2016/17	58%	6%	65%	13%	77%	13%	77%	19%	84%	68%	102.0	104.0	105.0	-1.20	+0.00	+1.70	14%	208

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	227	25.1	21%	19%	33%	4%	11%
2023/24	228	25.1	22%	18%	30%	4%	5%
2022/23	204	23.2	21%	15%	30%	5%	11%
2021/22	200	20.4	24%	13%	28%	5%	7%
2020/21	199	21.6	23%	11%	30%	—	—
2018/19	201	—	18%	10%	30%	3%	6%
2017/18	204	—	22%	6%	30%	4%	6%
2016/17	208	—	14%	3%	29%	3%	6%