Academy converter · Essex

Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery

3–11Ages
437Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144665URN

Mowbray Road, Harlow, CM20 2LS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

0.7 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

83 applications for 50 places · 308th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

83%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 February 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision	Outstanding

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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 entry

1.7applications per place, Reception

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

83 applications · 50 places offered · 43 named it first

2026 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.9; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
2019 2.0; Essex median median 2.5
2018 1.9; Essex median median 2.5
2017 2.1; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
2016 2.0; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 1.8; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 1.6; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Essex median in 0 of 9 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Tany's Dell Community Primary School (URN 114939), 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	50	83	1.7	43	0.86
Sep 2025	52	98	1.9	49	0.94
Sep 2024	50	84	1.7	37	0.74
Sep 2023	49	81	1.7	39	0.80
Sep 2022	51	91	1.8	48	0.94
Sep 2021	48	90	1.9	45	0.94
Sep 2020	51	99	1.9	49	0.96
Sep 2019	52	106	2.0	51	0.98
Sep 2018	59	109	1.9	50	0.85
Sep 2017 *	61	128	2.1	55	0.90
Sep 2016 *	52	102	2.0	39	0.75
Sep 2015 *	60	106	1.8	47	0.78
Sep 2014 *	59	94	1.6	38	0.64

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 95% · Writing 88% · Maths 90% → all three 83% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard83%30th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard95%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard45%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard88%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth30%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard90%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard40%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (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	83%	18%	108	107
2023/24	66%	8%	106	105
2022/23	67%	14%	107	105

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

Tany's Dell Primary School and NurseryThis school
This school

Good2022

1.7applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
St Alban's Catholic Academy
0.7 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

1.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery
0.8 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.6applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School
1.0 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

4.3applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Freshwaters Primary Academy
1.3 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

2.0applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Church Langley Community Primary School
1.6 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

3.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
The Downs Primary School and Nursery
1.7 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Harlowbury Primary School
1.7 km · Essex

2026

2.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Newhall Primary Academy
1.7 km · Essex

Good2023

3.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144665 · 881/2665
Trust: Net Academies Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 437 on roll
Free school meals: 31.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2017
Replaced: Tany's Dell Community Primary School (URN 114939)
Address: Mowbray Road, Harlow, CM20 2LS
Local authority: Essex · Harlow

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