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Community special school · Essex

Harlow Fields School and College

  • 3–19Ages
  • 213Pupils
  • SpecialPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 131838URN

Tendring Road, Harlow, CM18 6RN · School website

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 14 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth form provisionRequires improvement

Inspection history

  1. 14 January 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 27 September 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

School details

Type
Community special school
Phase
Not applicable
URN · DfE number
131838 · 881/7070
Capacity
214 pupils · 213 on roll
Free school meals
30.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 1999
Address
Tendring Road, Harlow, CM18 6RN
Local authority
Essex · Harlow

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources