Graded inspection · Dec 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in EssexSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry349 applications · 138 places offered · 123 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Essex median median 2.8
- 2025 2.5; Essex median median 2.7
- 2024 2.5; Essex median median 2.8
- 2023 2.8; Essex median median 2.7
- 2022 2.5; Essex median median 2.7
- 2021 2.6; Essex median median 2.6
- 2020 2.7; Essex median median 2.8
- This school
- Essex median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 138 | 349 | 2.5 | 123 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 178 | 437 | 2.5 | 169 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 179 | 446 | 2.5 | 137 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2023 | 211 | 585 | 2.8 | 206 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 192 | 485 | 2.5 | 164 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2021 | 175 | 459 | 2.6 | 156 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 120 | 319 | 2.7 | 83 | 0.69 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 141 | 44.7 | 42% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 112 | 44.0 | 44% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 116 | 46.2 | 47% | 71% | −0.09 |
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Sir Frederick Gibberd CollegeThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · EssexGood20232.6applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · EssexRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · EssexGood202329.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · EssexRemains Good20242.6applications per place 36.2Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · EssexGood20232.3applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · Essex20262.3applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · HertfordshireSpecial measures Inadequate20221.8applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143697 · 881/4019
- Trust
- Bmat Education
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 800 pupils · 880 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2019
- Address
- Tendring Road, Harlow, CM18 6RN
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources