Community school · Essex

Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery

3–11Ages
454Pupils
PrimaryPhase
133255URN

Little Grove Field, Harlow, CM19 4BU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded OutstandingJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.9per place

0.5 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

175 applications for 60 places · 89th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

85%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded OutstandingJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

The graded inspection, 14 January 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education	Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision	Outstanding

Inspection history

5 March 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
14 January 2020
Graded inspection: Outstanding

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.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.9applications per place, Reception

0.5 above Essex median (2.4) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

175 applications · 60 places offered · 98 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 2.9; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.7; Essex median median 2.4
2024 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
2023 3.2; Essex median median 2.4
2022 3.9; Essex median median 2.4
2021 3.2; Essex median median 2.3
2020 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
2019 2.7; Essex median median 2.5
2018 3.3; Essex median median 2.5
2017 3.2; Essex median median 2.6
2016 3.3; Essex median median 2.8
2015 3.4; Essex median median 2.7
2014 3.2; Essex median median 2.8

More applications per place than the Essex median in 13 of 13 years.

This school
Essex median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	60	175	2.9	98	1.63
Sep 2025	60	163	2.7	87	1.45
Sep 2024	60	177	3.0	82	1.37
Sep 2023	60	192	3.2	93	1.55
Sep 2022	60	232	3.9	112	1.87
Sep 2021	60	191	3.2	94	1.57
Sep 2020	60	158	2.6	81	1.35
Sep 2019	60	162	2.7	64	1.07
Sep 2018	60	197	3.3	100	1.67
Sep 2017	60	194	3.2	73	1.22
Sep 2016	60	195	3.3	85	1.42
Sep 2015	60	204	3.4	84	1.40
Sep 2014	60	193	3.2	86	1.43

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 93% · Writing 87% · Maths 95% → all three 85% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard85%23rd of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard93%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard53%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard87%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth22%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard95%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard35%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Essex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	85%	13%	110	108
2023/24	92%	20%	110	109
2022/23	92%	12%	112	108

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Hare Street Community Primary School and NurseryThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.9applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
Little Parndon Primary Academy
0.9 km · Essex

Requires improvement2023

1.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
St Luke's Catholic Academy
1.0 km · Essex

Good2023

1.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Pemberley Academy
1.0 km · Essex

Remains Good · improving2024

3.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
The Downs Primary School and Nursery
1.1 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Jerounds Primary Academy
1.1 km · Essex

Good2022

2.2applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Abbotsweld Primary Academy
1.4 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery
1.4 km · Essex

2026

1.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Freshwaters Primary Academy
1.5 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

2.0applications per place 62%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 133255 · 881/3254
Capacity: 420 pupils · 454 on roll
Free school meals: 28.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 26 February 2001
Address: Little Grove Field, Harlow, CM19 4BU
Local authority: Essex · Harlow

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources