Academy sponsor led · Essex

Abbotsweld Primary Academy

5–11Ages
307Pupils
PrimaryPhase
141380URN

Partridge Road, Harlow, CM18 6TE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2017

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

0.4 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

72 applications for 37 places · 256th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

73%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2017

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

Inspection history

9 March 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
20 September 2017
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

2.0applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Essex median (2.4) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

72 applications · 37 places offered · 32 named it first

2026 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
2021 2.2; Essex median median 2.3
2020 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
2019 2.1; Essex median median 2.5
2018 2.1; Essex median median 2.5
2017 1.8; Essex median median 2.6
2016 1.8; Essex median median 2.8
2015 1.5; Essex median median 2.7
2014 2.0; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Essex median in 0 of 12 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Abbotsweld Primary School (URN 115003), the previous school.

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	37	72	2.0	32	0.86
Sep 2025	43	80	1.9	39	0.91
Sep 2024	38	69	1.8	38	1.00
Sep 2023	37	76	2.1	36	0.97
Sep 2022	24	57	2.4	22	0.92
Sep 2021	34	75	2.2	28	0.82
Sep 2020	34	82	2.4	30	0.88
Sep 2019	37	76	2.1	32	0.86
Sep 2018	45	96	2.1	42	0.93
Sep 2017	38	67	1.8	36	0.95
Sep 2016	51	90	1.8	44	0.86
Sep 2015	45	67	1.5	27	0.60
Sep 2014 *	45	90	2.0	42	0.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 73% · Writing 78% · Maths 73% → all three 73% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard73%110th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard73%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard40%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard78%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard73%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard29%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (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	73%	9%	107	105
2023/24	73%	7%	106	106
2022/23	43%	2%	102	102

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

Abbotsweld Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

2.0applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
St Luke's Catholic Academy
0.7 km · Essex

Good2023

1.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
William Martin Church of England Junior School
0.7 km · Essex

Good2022

60%met the SATs standard
Longwood Primary Academy
0.9 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
William Martin Church of England Infant and Nursery School
1.0 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

1.9applications per place
Jerounds Primary Academy
1.0 km · Essex

Good2022

2.2applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
St James Church of England Primary School
1.1 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Kingsmoor Academy
1.1 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

2.8applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Latton Green Primary Academy
1.3 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.3applications per place 76%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 141380 · 881/2116
Trust: Net Academies Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 307 on roll
Free school meals: 31.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 2015
Replaced: Abbotsweld Primary School (URN 115003)
Address: Partridge Road, Harlow, CM18 6TE
Local authority: Essex · Harlow

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