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Pemberley Academy

  • 4–11Ages
  • 207Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140380URN

Hodings Road, Harlow, CM20 1NW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodApr 2018
School remains Good (Improving)Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.8per place
1.4 above Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

114 applications for 30 places · 22nd of 363 in Essex
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
67%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodApr 2018
School remains Good (Improving)Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024

Inspection history

  1. 24 January 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
  2. 24 April 2018
    Graded inspection: Good

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
3.8applications per place, Reception
1.4 above Essex median (2.4) 1.6 above England median (2.2)

114 applications · 30 places offered · 43 named it first

  1. 2026 3.8; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 3.3; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 4.3; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 3.3; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 4.0; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 3.1; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.7; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 3.3; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 3.6; Essex median median 2.5
  10. 2017 3.7; Essex median median 2.6
  11. 2016 3.0; Essex median median 2.8
  12. 2015 0.0; Essex median median 2.7
More applications per place than the Essex median in 11 of 12 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026301143.8431.43
Sep 202530983.3280.93
Sep 2024301304.3421.40
Sep 202330993.3351.17
Sep 2022301204.0541.80
Sep 202130933.1391.30
Sep 2020301113.7481.60
Sep 201930983.3481.60
Sep 2018301093.6431.43
Sep 2017301103.7391.30
Sep 201630903.0240.80
Sep 20151100.000.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 70% · Writing 70% · Maths 67% → all three 67% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard67%170th of 387 in Essex
Reading
Expected standard70%
Higher standard50%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard70%
Greater depth27%
Maths
Expected standard67%
Higher standard27%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Essex median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2567%23%106103
2023/2484%16%107106
2022/2383%17%108107

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

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140380 · 881/2099
Trust
Reach2 Academy Trust
Capacity
210 pupils · 207 on roll
Free school meals
24.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2015
Address
Hodings Road, Harlow, CM20 1NW
Local authority
Essex · Harlow

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